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Z-Platt, student journal, will appear as book for first time
Tats Kasama
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: Fuse
Originally published: 4/19/07 at 4:10 PM EST
Last update: 4/19/07 at 4:10 PM EST
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Z-Platt, the student literary journal of Plattsburgh State, has been published for several decades and is now in a transition.
"I think the biggest change that you are going to find is from last year to this year when a new journal comes out," Laura Ward, an adjunct lecturer of journalism and co-advisor of Z-Platt, said.
Z-Platt has been run by PSUC students and annually published by the English department. It includes poetry, fiction and artwork such as photography.
The title of the publication is after the founder of Plattsburgh, Zephaniah Platt. Until last year it had been an all black and white, stapled pamphlet-style publication.
"The cover's going to be glossy and in color," Sunshine Sheltray, a PSUC senior and associate editor of Z-Platt, said. "The pictures inside are black and white, but it will be very nice quality."
Sheltray also said the new edition will be thicker, more than 100 pages and bound.
"What we produced is much nicer and more like a book - trade paperback - like you see in the bookstores," Ward said. "It will be a nice published clip for the students, especially for those who go into art and writing."
Though they emphasized the change in how it looks, their purpose is beyond the appearance.
"We have gotten good submissions, but I think that the better looking the journal, the more people will want to submit," Ward said.
They expect more submissions for the following issues and, as a result, the quality of pieces will be better, Sheltray said.
The transition is related to a change in the English department, which is in the process of establishing a separate writing major - a B.A. in writing - according to Bruce Butterfield, an English professor at PSUC.
Butterfield said the English department wanted more opportunities for students to do actual internships that are involved in writing and editing, and Z-Platt is a good place for that.
"Technically, it has been a student organization," Sara Dean, PSUC graduate student and editor in chief of Z-Platt, said. "But this semester it was running as a class."
"I think the biggest change that you are going to find is from last year to this year when a new journal comes out," Laura Ward, an adjunct lecturer of journalism and co-advisor of Z-Platt, said.
Z-Platt has been run by PSUC students and annually published by the English department. It includes poetry, fiction and artwork such as photography.
The title of the publication is after the founder of Plattsburgh, Zephaniah Platt. Until last year it had been an all black and white, stapled pamphlet-style publication.
"The cover's going to be glossy and in color," Sunshine Sheltray, a PSUC senior and associate editor of Z-Platt, said. "The pictures inside are black and white, but it will be very nice quality."
Sheltray also said the new edition will be thicker, more than 100 pages and bound.
"What we produced is much nicer and more like a book - trade paperback - like you see in the bookstores," Ward said. "It will be a nice published clip for the students, especially for those who go into art and writing."
Though they emphasized the change in how it looks, their purpose is beyond the appearance.
"We have gotten good submissions, but I think that the better looking the journal, the more people will want to submit," Ward said.
They expect more submissions for the following issues and, as a result, the quality of pieces will be better, Sheltray said.
The transition is related to a change in the English department, which is in the process of establishing a separate writing major - a B.A. in writing - according to Bruce Butterfield, an English professor at PSUC.
Butterfield said the English department wanted more opportunities for students to do actual internships that are involved in writing and editing, and Z-Platt is a good place for that.
"Technically, it has been a student organization," Sara Dean, PSUC graduate student and editor in chief of Z-Platt, said. "But this semester it was running as a class."
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