After the initial deadline for submission to NEST Issue 10 I had received 32 submissions from students. However, all but four of these were photography. As the aim of the magazine is to provide a platform for students and showcase a broad range of talent within the college, I felt that these submissions did not represent a true cross section of LCA. I also understood that at the beginning of the academic year, particularly for the new students, the adjustment to a new workload would mean that the production of new work would be limited, and therefore many would feel they could not submit anything. In order to rectify this, I chose to extend the deadline for submission a further ten days and re-advertised in the same spaces, both around the college and through email.
