Publishing poetry and short stories

• • A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-ENGX307-Creative Writing 3: Narrative Fiction (No longer available)

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

• MAQ-ENGX2033-Creative Writing 2: Short-form Fiction
• MAQ-ENGX233-Creative Writing 2: Concept and Practice (No longer available)

Others

NCCW (pre-2020 units): ENG340, ENGL307, ENGL335, ENGX307 Pre-requisite: 20cp at 2000 level including ENGX2033 or ENGX233

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

This unit focuses on developing skills in the production and publication of poetry and short stories. Students explore and analyse creative writing journals that publish poetry and short stories before conceptualising and creating their own work to submit for publication in Macquarie University’s online creative writing journal, The Quarry. Students learn about the publication process, including structural editing, copyediting, proofreading, approaching publishers, the acquisitions and rights process for authors, and producing an online journal.

• Revision and production of final proof (20%)
• Participatory task (30%)
• Workshopping and editing creative work (20%)
• Creative Work (30%)

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