UCDA Journal: Call for Submissions
UCDA JOURNAL
The UCDA Journal is a blog-style area on the UCDA website for member-provided posts, articles, interviews, etc. that will also be shared on UCDA’s social media channels. The posts need to serve the needs of the diverse audiences within UCDA:
- Designers and communication professionals in larger offices
- Solo designers in smaller offices
- Design educators
The journal is an opportunity for members to gain recognition as well as share content with each other.
TOPICS
You could pick a topic of your choice, which could include:
- Consider what problems our members are focused on solving.
- The story of a project that you were particularly proud of that you’d like to show off.
- Interviews about trends in the industry, specifically as it relates to education.
- Interviews between members.
- Posts about workflow and process; tips, tricks, and trends.
- Design education issues and topics.
- Avoid sales speak.
- Whatever else you think would be fun to write and useful to members/potential members.
- Be fact-driven and be visual.
Post lengths do not need to be long; no more than 1,500-2,000 words and can be shorter than that.
Rights Statement
Authors retain all rights to their work. Submission of posts to the UCDA Journal acknowledges the right of the University & College Designers Association to use them for the online journal, on UCDA's social media channels, publication, and for the purpose of promoting and advertising UCDA and the UCDA Journal to members and potential members. Author agree to hold UCDA harmless of any claims that may be made against it by reason of such postings. Securing releases is the sole responsibility of the entrant. UCDA takes no responsibility for determining official authorship or ownership of submitted content.
Submission does not constitute a guarantee of publication. Submissions are reviewed and accepted on a case by case basis.
The views and opinions expressed on the UCDA Journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University & College Designers Association (UCDA) or the UCDA Foundation.