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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Wednesday, January 8, 2014 3 Student-run lit mag embraces all genres Ivy Smith STAFF WRITER Today, everyone is an artist, something the U's undergraduate literary magazine, enormous rooms, wants to make clear. The magazine has been around for about 5o years. Sam Wood, the current editor of the magazine and a senior in architecture, said the publication has had its name for eight of those years. The magazine's title is not capitalized in honor of e.e. cummings' work, which is marked by a lack of capitalization. Once a year, enormous rooms takes literary submissions from undergraduate students in the categories of poetry, prose (both fiction and non-fiction) and any other principal media (including printable art) and publishes them at the end of Spring Semester. What makes enormous rooms unique, however, is who it takes submissions from — everyone. "We want to be able to publish up-and-comers from all over the place," Wood said. Many collegiate literary magazines take submissions only from their students, but enormous rooms takes submissions from undergrads and artists from all over the country, which gives opportunities to writers and artists who want to showcase their work to a broader audience. Despite not focusing academically on writing, Wood was inspired to involve himself with enormous rooms after being involved with his award-winning high school literary magazine. "A lot of senior editors are English majors, but I'm just passionate about the publication process," he said. Submissions for enormous rooms are accepted between November and December, but this year the magazine has decided to extend the deadline for late submissions in order to get more material. Poetry editor Kassandra Konecny said that this year, enormous rooms is still in need of things to publish. "We really need more art submis- sions," she said. "We're lacking on the art." Wood agreed and said he hoped enormous rooms can expand more from traditional literary writing. "I'm trying to push for a broader understanding of what art is," he said. After all submissions are received at the end of this month, the enormous rooms staff, which is made up entirely of students, will read through and score submissions in search of works that will publish well together. Konecny is also hopeful that this year's issue will be the best one yet. "I have been working with enormous rooms for three issues now, and I love it," she said. "The quality of the magazine is improving every year, and I hope this will be the best year it has ever seen." Anyone who wants to be considered for publication with enormous rooms can send submissions to submissions.enormousrooms@ gmail.com. ivy.smith@chronicle.utah.edu PHOTO COURTESY OF CAM! TRIBE Sam Wood, editor of enormous rooms, looks up from his work for a photo. the intermountain west's first and finest independent school, 2PreK-12 is accepting applications through Feb 1, 2014, for THE MALONE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS MERIT AND NEED BASED AWARDS FOR ACADEMICALLY MOTIVATED NEW STUDENTS ENTERING SEVENTH THROUGH TENTH GRADES Nationally Recognized Debate Inclusive, Diverse Community Emphasis on Ethical Development Performing and Visual Arts Championship 2A Athletics Transportation you may need a crystal ball to see the but for current, breaking new s , look into www.dailyutahchronicle.com |