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CNM Literary Journal Seeking Editors, Writers, and Artists

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Previous issues of the “Leonardo Literary Magazine.”

By Hilary Broman, Staff Reporter

Leonardo, CNM’s fine arts and literary journal, is seeking editors to work on the 2017 issue as well as pieces of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art and photography for submission, said Carly Harschlip, CNM instructor and Leonardo faculty advisor.
Becoming an editor for Leonardo provides students who are interested in pursuing a career in editing and publication hands on experience, Harschlip said.
Students interested in becoming an editor for the upcoming issue can contact Carly Harschlip at leonardo@cnm.edu, she said.
All qualified applicants will be sent a questionnaire then the Leonardo staff will choose editors and the genre that they will be responsible for editing based on the answers to those questions, she said.
Tanya Chavez, who was Leonardo’s lead editor last year said, “It was a good and fun experience and also a resume booster.”
Chavez will be a contributing editor for the Leonardo until she graduates in December 2016 and plans to pursue a career in editing, she said.
It is a great way to get involved and be a part of a community, Harsclip said.
“I truly believe that education is more than just taking classes, it’s expanding your opportunities and looking to understand who you are as a person”, she said.
Students who are interested in being published in Leonardo are able to send their digital submissions to leonardo@cnm.edu from now until Feb. 3, 2017, Harsclip said.
Students are able to submit in any or all of the five genres; poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art and photography, Harsclip said.
“We are looking for work that thinks about things in an interesting and unique way,” Harsclip said.
Some of the work that stands out is work that is thought provoking and that makes people see something from a different perspective, Chavez said.
“We are also drawn to local work about life in Albuquerque or New Mexico,” Harschlip said, “stuff that comes across as so authentic and so specifically New Mexican.”
The rules and guidelines for submissions are as follows:
• Title all work
• Visual art: Leonardo does not return original work. All submissions should be high quality copies of original work. Submit work via email in a jpeg-file and include “ART” as the subject line. Up to three pieces.
• Poetry: No more than three poems, five-pages maximum. Attach as word document and include “POETRY” as the subject line.
• Fiction: Up to two stories, ten-pages maximum. Attach as word document and include “FICTION” as the subject line
• Creative non-fiction: Up to two pieces, ten-pages maximum. Attach as word document and include “CNF” as the subject line.
• Save document with first and last name and genre (Ex: Johnny Smith Poetry)
• Students may submit in more than one genre, but must do so in separate emails. No more than one submission per genre.
The 2017 Leonardo issue is set to be published on April 2017, Harsclip said.
Each year there is a Leonardo release party where students whose work was published in the current issue have a chance to read their work aloud and win awards, Harsclip said.
“I love being able to see students try different things,” she said.
Chavez encourages students who are thinking about submitting a piece for publication to not be afraid and to just go for it.
“If it’s something that you created, that you love and that you want people to see, why not submit it?” she said.

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Calling all creative cats | Leonardo Magazine 2016

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By Stephanie Stuckey, Staff Reporter

Leonardo magazine is a student run magazine featuring creative works by CNM students, said Carly Harschlip faculty advisory for Leonardo magazine.

Leonardo is taking submissions in poetry (maximum of 3 poems, no more than 5 pages), fiction & creative nonfiction (maximum of 2 pieces, no more than 10 pages), art, and photography, Harschlip said.

Submissions are open to all students and must be submitted by February 1, she said.

The best way to submit work is through email at Leonardo@cnm.edu.

“If a student is working on something creatively, Leonardo wants to see it,” she said, but wanted to stress that submissions do not ensure that a student’s work will be published in the magazine.

Due to limited space not every submission will be published, unfortunately, Harschlip said.

The students who run Leonardo are the people who pick what gets published in the annual printed magazine that is released every April, she said.

Harschlip said that Leonardo is hoping to take the magazine somewhat more digital, as well as transition into something more blog-like that would allow for monthly submissions rather than just the one printed issue in spring.

She said the annual printed issue would still be released, but it would entail the best of the best submissions throughout the year.

The staff at Leonardo magazine want to make Leonardo available to as many students as possible, Harschlip said.

Harschlip and Erin Adair-Hodges, another faculty advisor for Leonardo, have been trying to work in conjunction with instructors who teach art, photography, and writing classes to expand what is available to students in terms of creative writing and art, she said.

“We live increasingly in a world where creative work is not always valued as much as it should be; we want students to know their work has worth, it has value, and CNM as a whole values that,” she said.