Welcome to Mind's Eye
     JCCC's Literary Magazine   

Mind's Eye is a literary magazine published annually by Johnson County Community College. Faculty advisors for the magazine are Thomas Reynolds for poetry, fiction, and essays and Larry Thomas for art and photography.

A limited number of student editors may serve on the magazine's staff on a first-come basis, with a new staff being formed each fall. Students interested in serving as editors should contact Thomas Reynolds within the first four weeks of the semester. The editorial board for the new issue should be in place by October 1.

Editors are encouraged to have some formal training with writing or literature at the college level, in particular a creative writing course. Editors are responsible for reading and selecting poetry, fiction, and essay manuscripts during the Fall semester and should expect a significant amount of reading in November and December. They should also be prepared to attend at least one editorial meeting at the end of the Fall semester. Due to the late submission deadline, some editorial work will need to be completed after the end of the semester.

Anyone may submit work to the magazine at any time of the year, as long as he or she is enrolled at the college at the time of submission. The deadline for submission is the last day of the Fall semester. A completed entry blank must accompany each submission, and the entry-blank instructions for submission must be carefully followed. Submitters are notified in January whether their work is being published. Those whose work is accepted will receive a free copy of the magazine. Prize winners for each of the genres will be chosen, with the poetry and fiction prize winners chosen by an established Kansas writer. Each prize winner will receive a small cash reward.

Submitters are encouraged to read an issue of the magazine to become acquainted with the kind of work being published. Copies are for sale for three dollars each at the C-Store or in the Writing Center, or from Thomas Reynolds (GEB 165H), Larry Thomas (ATB 101B), or Birgit Love (CC 221B).

Entry blanks are available on bulletin boards around the JCCC campus or from Thomas Reynolds for poetry, fiction and essays or Larry Thomas for art and photography.

For further information, please contact Thomas Reynolds at (913) 469-8500 ext. 3935 or treynold@jccc.edu.