As the year progresses, the Greenhill student literary magazine, Montage, has begun the process of creating this year’s edition of the magazine.
Montage is composed of submissions from student writers and artists on campus. Students may submit anything ranging from poetry, screenplays and short stories, to 2D and 3D art.
The role of the members in Montage at the start of the semester is to review submissions anonymously and discuss what makes each of them unique. However, the process is time-consuming and often takes many classes to complete.
“The process for creating the magazine starts in January when we create posters and send out emails for people to submit for montage,” junior Kendall Poglitsch said. “Once people send in their work, we review, make our selections and start creating the spreads to send to the publisher in late April.”
To spark students’ interest in submitting their work, the Montage staff holds an annual haiku contest and gives away prizes to the top three winners, and the top 10 submissions are featured in the next edition of the magazine.
The work the staff receives dictates the theme of the upcoming edition.
“Usually, the work drives the theme,” senior Ethan Strauss said. “It’s very fluid in the sense that we’re always looking at how the submissions work together and also how the pages we design work together.”
According to Strauss, members of Montage believe that the reason there aren’t many submissions is because students might be afraid to submit their work.
“Don’t be afraid to submit,” Strauss said. “We have so many talented writers and visual artists, and I would love to see more of those students submit and show what they can do.”