While the sublet is officially over on Sep. 31, there's a chance that the sublet could be extended a month or two. Try the Poetry Project at St. MArks Church in the East Village. They are great people, and you will meet amazing writers. The magazine cover is usually color and is student-generated. The staff does its work after school.
Many teachers give extra credit to students who are published in the magazine.
The selections are blind and the staff reaches a consensus before deciding to include an item. As you can imagine, the quality is varied and is as much a reflection of staff taste as anything else. Production of the magazine is usually the most difficult part. This year, students typed all entries to a disk and proofed them. All art work was scanned in and saved to a disk, using JPG format.