The production team will meet every semester to discuss the production schedule. The production team’s time-frame preferences regarding production are the utmost preference and priority.

• The production team works together to put together the two print issues per year based on the templates that have been handed down
• Print production requires use of the Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign and Photoshop. Applicants will either have knowledge of these programs or a willingness and desire to learn.
• The production team works longer hours, mid-semester, once all materials from the section editors have been submitted.
• Production work requires attention to detail, creative approaches to problems, and an eye for design.
• In circumstances where there are three Production Team members, one team member may help with inputting the online biannual edition, alongside the Online Editor and EiC
• Maintains Production Gmail account.
• Trains incoming Production Editors and Assistant Production Editors
• As SER masthead members, the production team will also be involved in the following…
  • Helps proof biannual galleys before publication
  • Volunteers and helps at annual fundraisers, AWP, and Word of South, and helps provide material for Writer’s Regimen
  • Helps individually promote SER print launches, SER Online releases, the annual fundraiser, Writer’s Regimen, and AWP events on social media
  • Attends semesterly information meeting and masthead meetings

Section Editors (Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction)

• Propose work for in-print and online publication based on: 1) The production calendar, and 2) The allotted page count as specified under “Documented Processes and Systems: Accepting Works for Publication in the Biannual”
• Select pieces from the slush pile on Submittable as well as through solicitation (see: “Documented Processes and Systems: Solicitation”). Maintain a balance between slush and solicitation, as well as diversity among published writers.
• Coordinate selections for SER Online with the Online Editor. Each section has access to the online calendar. For more information on online publication procedures, see: “Documented Processes and Systems: Accepting Works for Publication on SER Online.”
• Inform authors (sends them the link) when their SER Online pieces go online. Promote authors and their SER Online pieces on social media.
• Maintain respective Gmail accounts.
• Decide on the division of responsibility between members of their team.
• Keep track of contributor successes and inform the EIC or Interns about these successes
• With the rest of the masthead, proof galleys before publication.
• Volunteers and helps at annual fundraisers, AWP, and Word of South, and helps provide material for Writer’s Regimen
• Promote SER print launches, SER Online releases, the annual fundraiser, Writer’s Regimen, and AWP events on social media.
• Attend semesterly information meeting and masthead meetings
• Consult the EiC and AE if any concerns arise.
• Trains incoming Section Editors and Assistant Section Editors