Editorial Team

EDITORIAL TEAM

MAIN OBJECTIVE:

To solicit writing that aligns with Toyon’s identity as a multilingual, abolitionist, and anti-colonial platform. Find works to publish that share our values of social and environmental justice as well as linguistic diversity.
To develop a high-quality and diverse submission pool so that we can select exceptional work for the issue. Aim to be a winner or runner-up of the AWP Prize for Undergrad Lit Mags.
To promote equity in representation of writers and artists across identities, backgrounds, languages.

MEASURABLE GOAL: To generate the highest number of Bepress submissions in each genre category Toyon has seen to date.

Editorial Team Lead: Acquisitions Editor

Provides leadership of the editorial and production team. Facilitates team meetings. Checks that delegated tasks have been completed by staff members. Follows up with staff members as needed.
Finds individual writers and artists, groups, and communities to solicit submissions for the upcoming issue. Coordinates outreach in collaboration with community liaison.
Circulates the submission guidelines on the Cal Poly Humboldt and College of the Redwoods campuses and among faculty members at both institutions.
In collaboration with the authenticity editor, generates a general scoring rubric for evaluating submissions to the magazine.
In the copyediting process, ensures that editorial team's copyedits are consistent across all genres in accordance with Toyon's Style Guide and The Chicago Manual of Style.
In the copyediting process, sends query letters to contributors about significant changes to the manuscript that need author approval.
Coordinates with the editorial team to ensure that there is an appropriate balance of content in the issue, that a diverse body of work is represented.

Editorial Team Lead: Authenticity Editor/Factchecker

Provides leadership of the editorial and production team. Facilitates team meetings. Checks that delegated tasks have been completed by staff members. Follows up with staff members as needed.
In collaboration with the acquisitions editor, generates a general scoring rubric for evaluating submissions to the magazine.
Coordinates with the editorial team to ensure that there is an appropriate balance of content in the issue, that a diverse body of work is represented.
In the copyediting stage, conducts an authenticity check of selections for harmful or stereotypical depictions of characters, settings, or plots. Ensures that the works we publish are accurate and inclusive at a structural, sentence, and word level.
In the copyediting stage, conducts a fact-check of selections to ensure that pieces are free of error and inaccuracies.
In the copyediting stage, sends query letters to contributors about significant changes to the manuscript that need author approval.

Lead Editor, Poetry

Generates an advertisement tailored specifically to solicit poetry submissions.
Ensures that the call for submissions is advertised to ENGL316 and all relevant courses/contexts on campus. Seeks out local and global opportunities beyond campus to advertise the call for poetry submissions.
Generates a scoring rubric for evaluating poetry submissions to the magazine.
Oversees the scoring, selection, and curation of poetry submissions, in consultation with section reviewers.
Completes a full copyedit of the proposed selections in the poetry category in accordance with the Toyon Style Guide and the Chicago Manual of Style.
Decides on the award recipient for the award in the poetry category, in consultation with the staff.
Coordinates with the editorial team to ensure that there is an appropriate balance of content in the issue, that a diverse body of work is represented.

Lead Editor, Fiction & Playwriting

Generates an advertisement tailored specifically to solicit fiction and playwriting submissions.
Ensures that the call for submissions is advertised in relevant all courses/contexts on campus, such as ENGL315, theater classes, and film classes. Seeks out local and global opportunities beyond campus to advertise the call for fiction/playwriting submissions.
Generates a scoring rubric for evaluating fiction and playwriting submissions to the magazine.
Oversees the scoring, selection, and curation of fiction and playwriting submissions, in consultation with section reviewers.
Completes a full copyedit of the proposed selections in the fiction and playwriting category in accordance with the Toyon Style Guide and the Chicago Manual of Style.
Decides on the award recipient for the award in the fiction category, in consultation with the staff.
Coordinates with the editorial team to ensure that there is an appropriate balance of content in the issue, that a diverse body of work is represented, and that the proposed works align with the magazine’s stated values.

Lead Editor, Creative Nonfiction

Generates an advertisement tailored specifically to solicit creative nonfiction submissions.
Advertises the call for submissions in all relevant courses/contexts on campus, such as ENGL211, ENGL311, ENGL314, Ethnic Studies and Women's Studies classes, as well as the Writing Studio and Learning Commons. Seeks out local and global opportunities beyond campus to advertise the call for creative nonfiction submissions.
Generates a scoring rubric for evaluating creative nonfiction submissions to the magazine.
Oversees the scoring, selection, and curation of creative nonfiction submissions in consultation with section reviewers.
Completes a full copyedit of the proposed selections in the creative nonfiction category in accordance with the Toyon Style Guide and the Chicago Manual of Style.
Decides on the award recipient for the award in the nonfiction category, in consultation with the staff.
Coordinates with the editorial team to ensure that there is an appropriate balance of content in the issue, that a diverse body of work is represented.

Lead Editor, Essay & Criticism

Generates an advertisement tailored specifically to solicit essay and criticism submissions.
Ensures that the call for submissions is advertised to relevant courses and contexts on campus. Seeks out local and global opportunities beyond campus to advertise the call for essay/criticism submissions.
Seeks out writers, groups, and communities beyond campus to advertise the call for submissions
Generates a scoring rubric for evaluating essay and criticism submissions to the magazine.
Oversees the scoring, selection, and curation of essay and criticism submissions in consultation with section reviewers.
Completes a full copyedit of the proposed selections in the essay and criticism category in accordance with the Toyon Style Guide and the Chicago Manual of Style.
Decides on the award recipient for the award in the Essay & Criticism category, in consultation with the staff.
Coordinates with the editorial team to ensure that there is an appropriate balance of content in the issue, that a diverse body of work is represented.

Lead Editor, Multilingual Writing & Translation

*** bilingual or multilingual requirement

Generates an advertisement tailored specifically to solicit multilingual/translation submissions.
Ensures that the call for submissions is advertised to all relevant courses and contexts on campus, such as World Languages and Cultures, Ethnic Studies, and Native American Studies classes and Cultural Centers. Seeks out local and global opportunities beyond campus to advertise the call for multilingual and literary translation submissions.
Generates a scoring rubric for evaluating multilingual and literary translation submissions to the magazine.
Oversees the scoring, selection, and curation of multilingual and literary translation submissions in consultation with section reviewers.
Oversees the selection and translation of works accepted into the journal. Acts as liaison between authors and translators during the translation process.
Decides on the award recipient for the award in multilingual writing and literary translation, in consultation with the staff.
Completes a full copyedit of the proposed selections in the multilingual writing and literary translation category in accordance with the Toyon Style Guide and the Chicago Manual of Style.
Coordinates with the editorial team to ensure that there is an appropriate balance of content in the issue, that a diverse body of work is represented.

Lead Editor, Environmental Justice Writing and Art

Generates an advertisement tailored specifically to solicit submissions in the environmental justice writing and art award category.
Ensures that the call for submissions is advertised to all relevant courses and contexts on campus, such as ENST classes and to CCAT. Seeks out local and global opportunities beyond campus to advertise the call for EJ submissions.
Generates a scoring rubric for evaluating environmental justice submissions to the magazine.
Oversees the scoring, selection, and curation of environmental justice submissions in consultation with section reviewers.
Completes a full copyedit of the proposed selections in the EJ category in accordance with the Toyon Style Guide and the Chicago Manual of Style.
Decides on the award recipient for the award in the environmental justice writing and art category, in consultation with the staff.
Coordinates with the editorial team to ensure that there is an appropriate balance of content in the issue, that a diverse body of work is represented.

Lead Editor, Humor & Satire Award

Generates an advertisement tailored specifically to solicit humor and satire submissions.
Ensures that the call for submissions is advertised in all relevant courses/contexts on campus, such as theater classes, political science courses, and comedy groups in Humboldt County. Seeks out local and global opportunities beyond campus to advertise the call for humor and satire submissions.
Generates a scoring rubric for evaluating humor and satire submissions to the magazine.
Completes a full copyedit of the proposed selections in the humor and satire category in accordance with the Toyon Style Guide and the Chicago Manual of Style.
Decides on the recipient for the humor and satire award, in conversation with the staff.
Coordinates with the editorial team to ensure that there is an appropriate balance of content in the issue, that a diverse body of work is represented.