Editorial Team

EDITORIAL TEAM

MAIN OBJECTIVE:

To develop a high-quality and diverse submission pool so that we can select exceptional work for the issue. Aim to be a runner-up or winner of the AWP National Program Directors’ Award for Content.
To promote equity in representation of writers and artists across identities, backgrounds, languages.
To solicit writing that reflects the values of environmental and social justice and linguistic diversity.

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

Provides leadership of the editorial and production team. Facilitates this team's breakout group meeting. Checks that delegated marketing tasks have been completed by staff members. Follows up with staff members as needed.
Circulates the submission guidelines on the College of the Redwoods campus and among College of the Redwoods faculty members.
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 process, communicates with authors/contributors about significant changes to the manuscript that need author approval.
Ensures that all contributor bios are included in the Toyon issue.

Provides leadership of the editorial and production team. Facilitates this team's breakout group meeting. Checks that delegated marketing tasks have been completed by staff members. Follows up with staff members as needed.
Circulates the submission guidelines on the College of the Redwoods campus and among College of the Redwoods faculty members.
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 process, 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 process, communicates with authors/contributors about significant changes to the manuscript that need author approval.

Advertises the call for submissions to ENGL211, ENGL311, ENGL314, Ethnic Studies and Women's Studies classes, the Writing Studio and Learning Commons.
Oversees the scoring, selection, and curation of creative nonfiction submissions, in consultation with section reviewers.
Decides on the award recipient for the division.
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.
RESEARCH PROJECT: Writes and presents for the Toyon staff an annotated bibliography of readings in creative nonfiction. The goal of this project is to help reviewers make more informed decisions about the work submitted in this genre.

Ensures that the call for submissions is advertised to ENGL315, to theater classes, and to film classes.
Oversees the scoring, selection, and curation of fiction and playwriting submissions, in consultation with section reviewers.
Decides on the award recipient for the division.
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.
RESEARCH PROJECT: Writes and presents for the Toyon staff an annotated bibliography of readings in fiction and playwriting/screenwriting. The goal of this project is to help reviewers make more informed decisions about the work submitted in this genre.

Ensures that the call for submissions is advertised to ENGL316 and all poetry groups on campus.
Generates an advertisement tailored specifically to solicit poetry submissions.
Oversees the scoring, selection, and curation of poetry submissions, in consultation with section reviewers.
Decides on the award recipient for the division.
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.
RESEARCH PROJECT: Writes and presents for the Toyon staff an annotated bibliography of readings in poetry. The goal of this project is to help reviewers make more informed decisions about the work submitted in this genre.

Ensures that the call for submissions is advertised to all ENST classes and to CCAT.
Generates an advertisement tailored specifically to solicit submissions that support environmental justice.
Oversees the scoring, selection, and curation of environmental writing submissions in consultation with section reviewers.
Decides on the award recipient for the division.
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.
RESEARCH PROJECT: Writes and presents for the Toyon staff a report on how other publications support place-based and environmental writing. The goal of this project is to help reviewers make more informed decisions about the work submitted in this genre.

Ensures that the call for submissions is advertised to all literature classes.
Generates an advertisement tailored specifically to solicit literary criticism submissions.
Oversees the scoring, selection, and curation of literary criticism submissions in consultation with section reviewers.
Decides on the award recipient for the division.
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.
RESEARCH PROJECT: Writes and presents for the Toyon staff a report on how other literary journals incorporate literary criticism and book reviews into their online and print content. The goal of this project is to help reviewers make more informed decisions about the work submitted in this genre.

*** bilingual or multilingual requirement

Generates an advertisement tailored specifically to solicit multilingual/translation submissions.
Ensures that the call for submissions is advertised to all World Languages and Cultures, Ethnic Studies, and Native American Studies classes.
Decides on the award recipient for the multilingual division, in conversation with the editorial team.
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.
RESEARCH PROJECT: Writes and presents for the Toyon staff a report on how other literary journals incorporate multilingual writing and works in translation into their online and print content. The goal of this project is to help reviewers make more informed decisions about the work submitted in this genre.

Generates an advertisement tailored specifically to solicit humor/satire submissions.
Ensures that the call for submissions is advertised to theater classes, political science courses, and comedy groups in Humboldt County (Savage Henry) .
Decides on the recipient for the humor and satire award, in conversation with the editorial team.
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.
RESEARCH PROJECT: Writes and presents for the Toyon staff a report on how other literary journals incorporate humor and satire into their online and print content. The goal of this project is to help reviewers make more informed decisions about the work submitted in this genre.