RED WHEELBARROW LITERARY MAGAZINE 
Winter 2012—National Edition/ De Anza College

GREEN SHEET & PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
EWRT-065-01 (#0836), EWRT-065X-63Z (#30565) 
[Honors—EWRT 65-01H, TBA]
Crosslisted: JOUR-065W-01 (#30564), JOUR-065X-63Z (#30566)
Classroom: L-64
Weekly meeting time: Monday afternoons, 4:00-5:50
Instructor: Ken Weisner, 864-5797
Ken's Office: Forum 2C (& L-41B, Red Wheelbarrow Office)
E-mail:  weisnerken@fhda.edu + gyre@cruzio.com
Office hours: Mon & Thurs—2:45-4:00; Tue—12:00-1:30
Magazine office: L41B 
(back issues, manuscript hard copies, & production meetings here)
Ken’s e-mails: weisnerken@fhda.edu + gyre@cruzio.com

***CATALYST ONLINE SITE, login page
https://catalyst.deanza.edu/

Red Wheelbarrow’s fledgling Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Wheelbarrow/188335641208242

Other relevant websites and listserv
For all friends of Red Wheelbarrow:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/redwheelbarrow/
(broadcast email for Red Wheelbarrow staff & friends):
 redwheelbarrow@yahoogroups.com

Ken’s faculty page: http://faculty.deanza.edu/weisnerken/

De Anza Creative Writing & Red Wheelbarrow Websites: 
http://www.deanza.edu/english-writing/creative/index.html
http://www.deanza.edu/english-writing/creative/redwheelbarrow.html

Course Prerequisites:
Advisory: English Writing 200 and Reading 201 (or Language Arts 200), or English as a Second Language 261, 262 & 263.

Course Description:
Collaborative advisory evaluation of manuscripts and artwork. Literary editing, design, and production—both print and web based. Magazine management, publicity, advertising, promotion, marketing, and distribution. 

EWRT/JOUR 65 & 65x National Edition: Course Goals & Requirements
•	Read and evaluate manuscripts as directed
•	Participate in weekly in-class and online discussions about manuscripts
•	Participate in various aspects (you choose your own) of magazine management and production, including soliciting manuscripts, corresponding with writers, tracking submissions, and preparing manuscripts for publication including  design, proofreading, editing, etc.

Play a role in one or more of the following specialized areas: interviewing an author; soliciting work; integrating Red Wheelbarrow editing with other course work; creating and collaborating on a symposium or book review; putting the journal on the web or managing/ improving some other online aspect of the journal; producing a CD; editing art; participating in magazine design; planning a publication event; spearheading publicity & marketing; or publicizing  contest. 

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Tentative course schedule:
January 9   Introductions, orientation, soliciting, planning
Distribution & discussion: 2009/2010/2011 editions. Favorites?  Criteria: what are your literary biases and inclinations?
		Get on Catalyst and get active this week. Respond to manuscripts.
Long range prep: interviews with Aimee Bender and Lac Su.

January 16  Martin Luther King Day—no class.
		 Read & discuss selected materials online through Catalyst.
		 Online submissions to volunteer screeners.
		 InDesign tutorials available this week, times TBA.

January 23  Ongoing evaluation of manuscripts (those posted in Catalyst)
		 Check in: preparation for interviews of Lac Su & Aimee Bender
		 Initial Screening finished by today.  Soliciting push/report. 
Marketing plan/report, ‘11 edition. EBSCO & Website news/needs.
 
January 30  Editorial: all genres —screening, continued.
	          Discuss and publicize League of Innovation Prize for student writing.

February 6  Editorial: poetry focus & final preparation for Lac Su interview.

**February 7th, Tuesday: special event—Lac Su Reading/Interview—times TBA

February 13  Editorial: fiction focus.  Debrief Lac Su event.
   Screening, second round, finished by today.

*February 15	  Submission Deadline, National Edition

February 20 President’s Day Holiday, no class.
Read & discuss materials online.
			InDesign tutorials available this week, times TBA.

February 27 Editorial: all genres
		 All screening finished by today.

March 5       Editorial: poetry focus + Art & Cover Subcommittee report
		  Discussion & preparation for Aimee Bender interview.

March 12	 Editorial—fiction focus
		  Final preparation for Aimee Bender interview

**March 14, Wednesday: special event—Aimee Bender interview—
12:00 Noon (location TBA)—(Reading preceding interview at 10:30)

March 19	Final Winter Editorial Session: all genres—revisit maybes & revisions
		Debrief Aimee Bender Event.

March 26  	 Certificates of participation.  Potluck today. Revisit maybes &
  revisions as necessary.  Set goals for editorial and production.
  Discuss spring student edition as well.

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Grading Scale:
Overall Attendance and Participation: 	   50 points    (5 points per week)
Performance in Individual Focus Area*:     50 points    
	*Arranged during first two weeks by contract with instructor

Additional online forum participation*:	100 points	 (10 points per week)
	*required of 2 unit students only
		*(arranged with instructor during weeks one and two)

TOTAL:	ONE UNITS			100 points	  70+ = Pass   
TOTAL: 	TWO UNITS			200 points   140+ = Pass
     
ONE UNIT: Pass/No Pass: 70-100, Pass	0-69, No Pass
      Letter grade option: 78-79 =C+; 70-77=C; 80-81 =B-; 82-87=B; 88-89 =B+; 90-91 =A-; 92-100 =A
TWO UNIT: Pass/No Pass: 140-200, Pass	0-130, No Pass
      Letter grade option: 155-159 =C+; 140-154=C; 160-163 =B-; 164-175=B; 176-179 =B+; 180-183 =A-; 184-200 =A

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What you can expect to get out of being on the Red Wheelbarrow National Edition staff:

—The satisfaction of reading manuscripts from around the country and corresponding with writers from around the country and the world

—The pleasure of working with other serious and enthusiastic readers to create a journal that reflects our community’s fabric of values, voice, and awareness—and to create a culturally diverse, provocative journal.

—Your name in lights (seriously, your name on a national publication masthead, interview team, etc)

—The opportunity to solicit work from talented and even well known authors and artists of your choosing

—The opportunity to individualize (in collaboration with the instructor) your course goals and the actual work you do for this class 

—The opportunity to specialize in a genre of your choosing (poetry, fiction, art, creative non-fiction)

—A chance to participate in an interview session with a well known writer, to publish that interview, or perhaps to help edit a symposium about a particular writer, perhaps in collaboration with one of your other literature or writing classes.

—A certificate of participation from the instructor, and if desired, a letter on De Anza letterhead detailing your work and experience.

—The feeling of belonging to a fun and diverse community of earnest readers and motivated culture workers.

RED WHEELBARROW— Editorial Staff Information Sheet   —Winter, 2012

Your name ____________________		   	   JOUR   	    EWRT   

E-Mail ________________________   	  	   1 Unit         2 Units

Telephone _____________________				    Honors

Areas you may wish to participate/ specialize in:
Check (√) all areas of interest.  Asterisks (*) for areas of extra special interest.

Managing:

Poetry Editor:

Fiction Editor:

Art Editor:

Interview team (including questioning, recording, transcription, &/or editing):

Soliciting work:

Production & Book Design:

Proofreading/ Copy Editing:  √

Publicity/ Web Management:

Web Design: online journal:

Marketing/ Distribution/ Circulation:

Contest coordinator:

Reading/Event Coordinator:

CD production:

Creative Non-Fiction/ Book Review/ Symposium Editor:

Other: _____________________