Update: Additional information has been published at 12:15 p.m.
Creative thoughts, words, stories and art are accepted by El Camino’s creative arts journal, according to their flier.
The Myriad publishes once a year, every Spring, and this year the deadline for submissions is at 11:59 p.m. on March 10.
Randy James, 30, English major, said, “Each year is different. We try and meet the accomplishments of last year and we’re expecting the best.”
They would like the number of submissions to be high, but quality is also a factor and James added, “We’ve already received about a dozen submissions.”
The Myriad is a student-published creative arts journal that accepts submissions of various types from students and then are edited by students on the Myriad team and then hosts a reading sometime after publication is finished.
Torin Lee, 22, English literature major, said that the atmosphere of the room is “pretty mellow” and that most of the time they are “reading submissions, which makes for an informal” setting.
Jazmin Cruz, 20, creative writing major, agreed with his comments and said, “It’s a very personal place.”
Last year’s edition of the Myriad was entered College Media Association‘s contest for two-year college’s literary magazine of the year. Myriad was awarded second place.
When asked about the history of the Myriad and the award Lee said, “I like the program. Because it doesn’t feel like I’m doing it for myself. But to continue the tradition.”
Upon hearing that, Cruz said, “I agree, I think it’s rewarding. You get to do what you love, in my case reading, while doing something great.”
There are some ground rules for submitting anything to the Myriad and according to their website, “El Camino students (from summer, fall or spring semesters) can submit up to 3 poems, 1 short story (less than 5000 words) and 3 pieces of artwork.”
Although this year, there is a new way to submit any work to them. There is an online submission form in which someone may attach their work and send it in for the editors at the Myriad to go over and see if its quality is good enough to be put in the journal.
Cruz said that she thinks it’s “important to be pushing.” She believes that the students “can be the catalysts for the future.”
When asked about the future of the program and this year’s publication Lee said, “We’re going to do our best to make it great. We’re going to win another award. The nation will know El Camino College’s Myriad.”
All submitting anything takes is a student ID number and to have the work on a flash drive or on the computer, and they can head over to http://www.myriadecc.com/ to begin the submission process.
Follow them on Twitter, @ECCMyriad, and on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/the.myriad, for more information on the upcoming deadline date and for more information on the publication date, as well as the date for the open reading.
