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Passages begins each fall with a "call for submissions." Staffers post signs, send emails, mail forms, and make announcements in classes to reach students who may be interested in submitting writings or art to the magazine. Submissions are usually due mid-fall semester. After all submissions are received, the staff begins the process of critiquing the pieces received to decided which will make the magazine and which will be passed on for this issue. Students who submitted are generally notified by mid-November as to whether their piece will be placed in the magazine. Next, each section editor begins the process of proofing the selected pieces and formatting them for the magazine. After each editor has proofed their section, the pieces are transferred to the copyeditor for additional proofing. Finally, the editor-in-chief does a final proofing before the pieces are entered into the computer. The web developer works with the editors to place the pieces in Adobe PageMaker and layout the magazine. The web developer and editor-in-chief does a final check of the magazine before it is sent to the publisher for printing. While the staff waits to pick up the magazine from the publisher, they start pre-sales and prepare for the senior readings. Any senior who has work appear in Passages is given the opportunity to read his or her piece at a special reading planned and sponsored by Passages. When Passages is completed, it is picked up from the publisher and the staff begins selling. Finally the staff sends out thank you letters and delivers the magazine to those who pre-ordered.