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A class of students at Crowder College is gearing up for its 30th annual production to showcase local art and literary talent.
Submissions are still being accepted for the Crowder Quill magazine. Each spring students sift through the mound of submissions. They are in charge of organizing and judging entries, producing and promoting the magazine, creating an art display for the reception and hosting a May award ceremony.
Usually, the class has approximately 10 or fewer students, said Quill Adviser Latonia Bailey. Entries come from across southwest Missouri and, occasionally, farther a field from people who have moved from the area, Bailey said.
This is the 30th year for the Quill and it was originally started just as an outlet for area artists and also just to encourage them and to display their work. Commemorative activities will be part of the 30-year anniversary.
Dan Richards, former English professor at Crowder, began the tradition 30 years ago – his children and grandchildren have been contributors to the Quill —and today, it still works to showcase local talent.
Submissions can run anywhere from 500 to 1,000 entries are broken into two categories: literature and graphic arts. Literature entries can be poetry, fiction or nonfiction. Graphic art entries can be color artwork, color photography, black / white artwork, black / white photography or a digitally altered / produced image. The digital category is new for this year and was added due to the large number of digital images in other categories.
The largest number of entries comes as art from high school students and the most sparsely populated category is fiction and non-fiction contributions from the community.
Last year’s Quill was recently ranked first place by the American Scholastic Press Association. Using a point system the national association reviewed approximately 270 publications and
Crowder joined 105 others as a first place candidate. The ASPA contest recognizes publications for both their content and design.
Bailey has worked with the Quill for the past 16 years.
“The entries are just so beautiful every semester,” she said. “The quality of the entries has improved over the years, the magazine itself has improved over the years as the staff and technology has improved.”
An estimated 100 entries ranked as gold, silver, bronze or honorable mention are published each year. Representative works from high schools from within the district are also chosen and a traveling trophy awarded for the school with the most points, but the competition is not limited to high schoolers – any amateur can submit their work.
A class of students at Crowder College is gearing up for its 30th annual production to showcase local art and literary talent.
Submissions are still being accepted for the Crowder Quill magazine. Each spring students sift through the mound of submissions. They are in charge of organizing and judging entries, producing and promoting the magazine, creating an art display for the reception and hosting a May award ceremony.
Usually, the class has approximately 10 or fewer students, said Quill Adviser Latonia Bailey. Entries come from across southwest Missouri and, occasionally, farther a field from people who have moved from the area, Bailey said.
This is the 30th year for the Quill and it was originally started just as an outlet for area artists and also just to encourage them and to display their work. Commemorative activities will be part of the 30-year anniversary.
Dan Richards, former English professor at Crowder, began the tradition 30 years ago – his children and grandchildren have been contributors to the Quill —and today, it still works to showcase local talent.
Submissions can run anywhere from 500 to 1,000 entries are broken into two categories: literature and graphic arts. Literature entries can be poetry, fiction or nonfiction. Graphic art entries can be color artwork, color photography, black / white artwork, black / white photography or a digitally altered / produced image. The digital category is new for this year and was added due to the large number of digital images in other categories.
The largest number of entries comes as art from high school students and the most sparsely populated category is fiction and non-fiction contributions from the community.
Last year’s Quill was recently ranked first place by the American Scholastic Press Association. Using a point system the national association reviewed approximately 270 publications and
Crowder joined 105 others as a first place candidate. The ASPA contest recognizes publications for both their content and design.
Bailey has worked with the Quill for the past 16 years.
“The entries are just so beautiful every semester,” she said. “The quality of the entries has improved over the years, the magazine itself has improved over the years as the staff and technology has improved.”
An estimated 100 entries ranked as gold, silver, bronze or honorable mention are published each year. Representative works from high schools from within the district are also chosen and a traveling trophy awarded for the school with the most points, but the competition is not limited to high schoolers – any amateur can submit their work.
Students work on the semester-long project and launch the magazine in a May 16 reception. Contest winners are notified in April. Entry forms are available online.
“I think that this is a rare opportunity that maybe is taken for granted,” Bailey said. “There isn’t a publication like this in the area otherwise and they really should take that opportunity to express themselves creatively and give it a shot.”
Feb. 1 is the deadline for postmarked entries, and Feb. 4 for those delivered in person. E-mail entries are discouraged because the printing and mounting will suffer. Entries can be dropped at the information desk inside the Arnold Farber Building weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or at the library in the evening until 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 4:30 Friday.
