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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
WNPCo.!

Posted by: Amelia // Category: High School Hijinx, Decatur Book Festival // 2:29 pm

Being part of a literary movement and all, we’re trying to reach those pesky kids and get them involved with all the literary stuff we think is cool. Lucky for us, a few suckers gave in.

Said suckers, all high school students, will be editing a literary journal compiled of entries from other high school students in the greater Atlanta area. They’ll be making all the decisions while Lain and I laugh our way to bank. That’s how I imagine it, anyways.

The resulting product will be published by, uh, us (see: Wren’s Nest Publishing Co.) and distributed at the upcoming Decatur Book Festival.

DBF

Luckily, we’re tackling this hand-in-hand with the good folks at the Duck and Herring Co., who at least pretend to know what they’re doing. We will be the only publication sold by the festival itself, which makes us pretty darn special. Even more exciting? That the DBF is expected to have about SEVENTY THOUSAND attendees. So, to review:

-high school student editors

-making the decisions about a literary journal

-full of contributions from other high school students

-distributed by and for the Decatur Book Festival

-and organized by hapless messes Amelia and Lain, and the completely necessary and appreciated friends at Duck and Herring Co.

Ta da!

Baby Writer with Pigtails

(I don’t know who this baby is, but she represents just the kind of commitment we’re looking for.)

Our editors have been chosen and have already begun to dive into the work at hand. We’ve also been lucky enough to exploit the connections of DHCo. and do neat things like tour Paste Magazine’s offices for editing advice and inspiration.

Because we’re playing, oh, everything by ear, and the real decisions are up to our editors, Lain and I basically use our twice-weekly WNPCo. meetings to make fun of each other and write on a white-board. I think the students consider us somewhere between encouraging and crazy, which is just where we want ‘em.

Submissions - short stories, essays, interviews, artwork, poetry, etc. - are due by July 22nd, so please, tell all the creative high schoolers in your life! While we acknowledge that about 89% of our submissions will arrive between 11:07 and 11:58pm on the 21st of July (we know our audience, we do), we get pretty jazzed with each new submission. And jazzed WN staff = more bizarre blog posts, which we know you like. Thus, in the words of Blogger Emeritus Carson, let’s do this!

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10 Comments


  1. Official Unofficial Coach Brandon
    Comment // July 11th, 2007 // 2:34 pm

    I have lots of literary thoughts that could use publishing! Will there be a version published and edited by accountants and other financial types?

    Again to keep the tally running:

    Official Unofficial Coach Brandon 1
    Formerly Official Coach Gabe: Hasn’t even made it to the playing field


  2. lain
    Comment // July 11th, 2007 // 4:05 pm

    Brandon, that’s actually a great idea–confessions of a c.p.a., presented by the Wren’s Nest.

    Not that I’m into poetry or anything, but wasn’t Wallace Stevens a lawyer by day and one of the greatest modernist poets on all other accounts? I say we go for it.


  3. DJ Cayenne
    Comment // July 11th, 2007 // 10:58 pm

    I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: you guys are my heroes. You probably have enough on your plate, but have you considered starting an 826ATL? You’d be perfect for it. Check out the link:

    http://www.826valencia.org/


  4. lain
    Comment // July 11th, 2007 // 11:57 pm

    Thanks, DJ Cayenne, that’s a great compliment.

    In December I went out to San Francisco specifically to visit 826 Valencia. It was phenomenal. Anyway, we’re on the same page. I’m not speculating or making any promises–I’m just sayin.


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