<p>Hi! So I'm the president of the literary magazine at my school, but we have a hard time getting people to submit to the magazine. </p>
<p>Do you guys have any ideas of how to get people to submit stuff? </p>
<p>“You’ll be able to write it on your college applications!”</p>
<p>Hey, I’m managing editor (president) of my literary magazine, too!</p>
<p>Does your magazine offer the option to submit anonymously? We added that option two years ago and saw a massive spike in submissions (we still give people the option to submit named works, too).</p>
<p>How is your magazine viewed? There was a stereotype that our magazine was pretentious, and so we did all of this quirky stuff to demolish that. One idea that I really liked was that we put boxes for submissions in the bathrooms at school. Sounds kind of sketchy, but it worked. A lot of people were curious about what the boxes were, and it was also a great way for people to submit without their friends knowing that they did.</p>
<p>A lot of this may be tied to the will to express in your school. We try to foster creativity by hosting season-ly coffee houses, poetry performances, and art and writing contests. Additionally, in the spring we’re establishing a free speech wall, which will be a daylong event where people can go spraypaint/paint/doodle/write/graffiti on one of the bland cinder block walls in our school. Anything to get others excited about SOME form of self-expression.</p>
<p>Hope this helps. :)</p>