Conceptions Southwest needs direction for next year’s issue

Editor,

UNM’s arts and literary magazine, Conceptions Southwest, is in need of an editor-in-chief for the 2011-2012 school year.

I encourage anyone with any interest in publishing and love of culture to apply.

Last semester I was lucky enough to be the editor-in-chief, and it was one of the best experiences of my collegiate career.

As editor-in-chief, you are given creative control over an entire magazine. I don’t know about you, but managing a magazine is great for people looking for publishing experience. Hell, great is probably a bit of an understatement. I would say it’s a necessity for anyone looking to get into the publishing world.

Trust me, it looks great on a résumé, or so say the employers who have hired me thus far.

But it’s more than that. The magazine is a blast.

If you love literature, or, really, art in any form, this is a job for you. You spend an entire semester reading student work, and in doing so are offered new insight into the emerging face of literature. Plus, the bad stuff is always good for a laugh.

All jokes aside, it truly is one of the most rewarding experiences a person could ask for, and you would be remiss if you had an interest in publishing but passed this opportunity up.

Yes, they are long hours, and yes, you aren’t paid a lot, but I can honestly say, having reached the end of the experience myself, that every hour was well spent.

So apply; you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. And, if you’re lucky, you’ll get an entire magazine under your direction.

Chris Quintana
Conceptions Southwest editor-in-chief and Daily Lobo culture editor