Sending myself an acceptance letter.

Last week, I got to email myself my own acceptance letter. Something to the effect of:

Dear Melanie Godel,

Thank you for your submissions to Portal 2012 etc etc... We are pleased to inform you etc etc...

If you are not contacted by Tuesday, please email Melanie Godel etc etc...

Please submit a bio, addressed to Melanie Godel etc etc...

Sincerely,

Melanie Godel

Soon-to-be-published author and artist, right here folks.

Fun.

You see, on top of being a Visual Arts student, I'm taking a Creative Writing minor. This spring, I'm in a publishing course for VIU's literary magazine, Portal. All aspects of the magazine are created and run by students, from designing, to fundraising and advertising, to screening submissions (exclusively from VIU students) and editing, to planning the launch. 

One of my jobs is "Acquisitions Editor", where I had to draft up the acceptance and rejection letters for all those who submitted work. I sent them out after a very long Monday evening in the library, and this included an acceptance letter to myself.

Two of my poems, and two works of art (one drawing and one photo) will be published in the magazine. Yay!

I considered posting the artwork that will be in the magazine, but where's the fun in the that? You'll just have to wait for the magazine's launch, March 27th from 2-5pm in the Royal Arbutus room at VIU.

In the meantime, check out Portal Magazine HERE, and maybe like us on Facebook HERE, and perhaps even consider following us on Twitter HERE.

And for good measure, maybe check out the fundraiser we're putting on on February 10th at the luxurious Corner Lounge, which will feature music from Dope Soda, and of course all manner of shmoozing with us publishing types. Check out the event on Facebook!

Signing off!