KWB319 Publishing and Production Project

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2027, Kelvin Grove, Internal

Overview

In this unit, you'll work collaboratively to produce and launch a creative writing publication and public literary event. Working in editorial, production, and promotion teams, you will gain hands-on experience in the processes that bring writing into the world: reviewing submissions, editing work, preparing a publication, producing digital content, and organising a public launch. Throughout the semester you'll develop professional skills in publishing, project coordination, and creative collaboration while contributing to a shared project with real outcomes. The unit brings together the creative, critical, and practical skills developed across the major and provides an opportunity to experience how writing circulates through publishing, events, and literary culture.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Apply editing, publishing, and production practices to develop and deliver a collaborative creative project.
2. Collaborate effectively in a team to plan, manage, and complete a complex creative production.
3. Demonstrate professional communication and organisational skills in the coordination of a creative publication or event.
4. Evaluate the processes involved in bringing creative work to public audiences through publishing and cultural production.

Content

Learning Approaches

This unit is delivered through a collaborative, workshop-based learning model. You will work in teams or production streams to develop different aspects of a publishing project and writers festival, engaging in workshops that focus on planning, production, and problem-solving. Learning is practice-led and iterative, with an emphasis on teamwork, communication, and professional workflows. Through this process, you will develop skills in collaboration, leadership, and project management while contributing to a shared public outcome.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways: 

• formative feedback on your progress in this unit during tutorials and discussions throughout the semester
• comments on summative assessment work in addition to criteria sheets 
  criteria sheet grading 

Assessment

Overview

Assessment in this unit is based on your contribution to the development and delivery of a collaborative publishing or production project. You will begin by developing and pitching a project concept, outlining its purpose, audience, and production approach. Across the semester, you will contribute to the project in a defined role, demonstrating effective collaboration, communication, and engagement with professional workflows. The final assessment includes the completed project as a public outcome, accompanied by an individual reflection on your contribution, creative decisions, and learning throughout the process.

You may use GenAI tools to support research, planning, and idea development in this unit. However, you must not use GenAI to generate, draft, edit, or complete any part of your assessed work, including project materials, editorial content, or reflective writing. All work you submit must be your own. You are required to include a brief statement outlining any use of GenAI in the development of your work and ensure that your use complies with QUT’s academic integrity requirements.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Project plan

You develop a written plan to define the scope and activities of your role in the project over the semester. The plan should include an articulation of the goals you wish to achieve in the project. Your report should clearly define your proposed role within the team or production stream (e.g. editorial, design, events, marketing, print production), and describe the specific tasks, outputs, and outcomes you will be responsible for across the semester. You should demonstrate an understanding of the project’s overall vision, target audience, and workflow, and explain how your contribution will support the successful delivery of the final publication or event. Where appropriate, you may include preliminary ideas, timelines, or examples to support your proposal.

Assessment: Professional Practice Portfolio

This assessment focuses on your individual contribution to the project and your development as a publishing professional. You will compile a portfolio of evidence demonstrating your contribution to the project. This may include drafts, edited documents, meeting notes, planning materials, promotional content, production assets, screenshots, correspondence, or other artefacts relevant to your role. You will also submit a short critical reflection discussing your contribution to the project, the challenges you encountered, the skills you developed, and what you learned about publishing and production practice.

As a Verified Identity Assessment (VIA), this task will also draw on tutor observations of your participation, engagement, and professional practice throughout the semester. Students are expected to attend and actively participate in scheduled project workshops, team meetings, and production activities. Your submitted portfolio should provide evidence that supports and documents the work you have undertaken during the project. 

Assessment: Project outcome

Working as part of a project team, students will contribute to the successful delivery of the production and its associated activities. At the conclusion of the project, each team will submit a Team Outcomes Statement (maximum one page) outlining:

* The team’s objectives and priorities.
* Key outputs and activities completed.
* Evidence of achievement against team objectives.
* Significant challenges encountered and how these were addressed.

Assessment will focus on the achievement of team objectives, the quality and professionalism of outputs, and the team’s contribution to the success of the project. Assessment will be informed by the Team Outcomes Statement, project outputs, and tutor observations throughout the semester.

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.

The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Requirements to Study

Requirements

For risks associated with using campus buildings or QUT facilities, refer to the HiQ Health and Safety information.

Resources

Risk Assessment Statement

For risks associated with using campus buildings or QUT facilities, refer to the HiQ Health and Safety information.

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.

Where substantial computer-based work is required, particularly in the case of fully online students, you are recommended to take regular rest breaks when engaging in prolonged computer-based work, and ensure that your workstation is set up for optimal comfort to prevent strain or injury.

Creative writing often explores a wide range of topics and themes, some of which may touch upon sensitive or triggering subjects. While we believe in the power of storytelling and self-expression, we also want to prioritize your emotional well-being. Please be aware that this course may contain content that could potentially trigger or upset individuals. These triggering topics may include, but are not limited to:

1. Sexual assault or violence
2. Self-harm or suicide
3. Substance abuse or addiction
4. Eating disorders or body dysmorphia
5. Mental health conditions or trauma
6. Racism, discrimination, or hate speech
7. Religious or political extremism
8. Domestic or child abuse
9. Loss or grief
10. War or conflict

Course Learning Outcomes

BA01 Bachelor of Arts

1. Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise information and evidence to inform decision-making, problem solving and argumentation.
   Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio , Project outcome
2. Independently formulate questions, and apply foundational research methods and analysis to investigate relationships between society, culture and technology.
   Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio , Project outcome
3. Communicate to diverse audiences using a range of modes and technologies to share and disseminate knowledge, skills and ideas.
   Relates to: ULO3, ULO4, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio , Project outcome
4. Work productively as a reflective learner, team member and collaborator to achieve goals and to build personal and professional networks and develop entrepreneurial thinking in community and workplace contexts.
   Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio , Project outcome

CA01 Bachelor of Creative Arts

1. Cite and discuss a broad and coherent knowledge of historical and contemporary cultural contexts for creative practice, including the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges.
   Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO4, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio
2. Identify and demonstrate knowledge of the techniques and concepts underpinning your field of creative practice.
   Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio
3. Demonstrate complex problem solving through iterative experimentation and the creative and critical development of ideas and outcomes.
   Relates to: ULO3, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio
4. Demonstrate technical proficiency and a knowledge of contemporary digital practices and technologies in one or more disciplines and apply these in creative and critical settings.
   Relates to: ULO1, ULO4, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio
5. Communicate independent learning clearly and coherently in diverse modes relevant to your field of creative practice.
   Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio
6. Communicate, represent, and promote your work in ways relevant to your creative field.
   Relates to: ULO3, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio
7. Discern, critically analyse, and synthesise knowledge in complex creative and critical settings.
   Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio
8. Work productively as a leader and collaborator in disciplinary and interdisciplinary practices.
   Relates to: ULO4, Project plan
9. Formulate and apply an independent perspective through contextual research, reflection, and by acting on the informed critique of others.
   Relates to: ULO4, Project plan
10. Demonstrate respect for cultural and social differences, sustainability, and work with integrity across all practice and professional settings.
    Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO4, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio
11. Operate with initiative, ethical judgement and professionalism, both alone and in groups.
    Relates to: ULO3, ULO4, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio

KK43 Bachelor of Creative Industries

1. Demonstrate broad and coherent theoretical and practical knowledge required for creative enterprise, career development and interdisciplinary collaborations, supported by depth in at least one creative disciplinary area.
   Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio
2. Demonstrate well-developed cognitive and ideation skills to identify, analyse and evaluate opportunities to address authentic complex problems.
   Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio
3. Communicate effectively in a range of forms across multiple media modes, for sharing and disseminating knowledge, skills and ideas, and collaborative practice and navigation of social networks.
   Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio
4. Apply and adapt creative disciplinary knowledge and skills with agility in a range of industry, community and intercultural contexts.
   Relates to: ULO3, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio
5. Embody social and ethical responsibilities and exhibit well-developed judgement with resilience, integrity, curiosity and responsibility.
   Relates to: ULO3, ULO4, Project plan, Professional Practice Portfolio