Submisson Guidelines
Current undergraduate UBC students from the Vancouver and Okanagan campus are eligible to submit up to 4 different pieces. Students do not have to be a Bachelor of Media Studies student to submit, as long as your work relates to the field of Media Studies.
General Guidelines
- Current undergraduate UBC students from the Vancouver and Okanagan campus are eligible to submit up to 4 different pieces.
- Students do not have to be a Bachelor of Media Studies student to submit, as long as your work is related to the subject of Media Studies.
- We will keep the creators’ identities anonymous to our group of editors to ensure a fair and bias-free selection, and editing process.
- Must follow UBC’s Procedures regarding Academic Integrity.
- Must be the original work of the author related to the theme of Media or Communications.
- Must have been made while at UBC. It can be course work or extra-curricular work that’s informed by Media Studies.
- Creators are strongly encouraged to review their works before submitting them, and to use any feedback they may have received to strengthen their submissions. In addition, our board of editors will work with creators of selected works to further refine and improve their creations before publication.
Multimedia Works
Specifications
- Images
- .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif
- Audio
- Link to an external site such as SoundCloud
- Video
- Link to an external site such as YouTube
- Include an Artist’s Statement (250 – 500 words) that provides a introduction/objective of your work because we will review your work with your intent, and will also showcase your work with your original intention
- Guidelines on how to write an effective Artist Statement
- Template of effective Artist Statement
Academic Essays
Specifications
- 1,000 – 4,000 words excluding bibliography
- .doc format
- Double-spaced
- Times New Roman
- 1” Margin
- Topic is related to Media Studies
- MLA Citation
Creative Literary Work
Creative Literary Work (stories, poetry, prose etc.) Specifications
- No longer than 10 pages
- .doc format
- Double-spaced for creative writing stories
Include an Artist’s Statement (250 – 500 words) that provides a introduction/objective of your work because we will review your work with your intent, and will also showcase your work with your original intention
- Guidelines on how to write an effective Artist Statement
- Template of effective Artist Statement
Submission Instructions
Submissions must be emailed to ubc.beaconjournal@gmail.com by midnight on January 14, 2020, with the subject as first name_last name _2020 Beacon Submission.
- Academic Essays
- In .doc format
- Creative Literary Works
- In .doc format
- Artist’s Statement also in .doc format
- Multimedia Works
- Send the work in a Word/PDF file that includes the title, year, dimensions, and medium. A brief description of the work may also be included.
- Works larger than 10MB should be submitted as links via Dropbox, Google Drive, or WeTransfer to ubc.beaconjournal@gmail.com with the subject line “Artwork Submission – [Your Name].” Please ensure that all links are correct and unbroken.
- Artist’s Statement also in .doc format
Submissions that lack this information, are from non-UBC students, or lack artist’s statement, proper citations/ bibliographic information will unfortunately not be accepted or reviewed.
We See the Light in You
What does Multimedia mean to you?
We are interested in pushing the boundaries of communication, knowledge, and digital publishing – seeking to publish an array of multimedia works, and inquisitive essays.
Media evolves, and so do we.
Each year, the UBC Media Studies Journal will select and feature the most ambitious multimedia works produced by current undergraduate students at the University of British Columbia.
Pieces are Peer and Faculty Reviewed.
Each work will be reviewed and collaboratively decided upon by a group of esteemed student editors and faculty in the Bachelor of Media Studies program, assembling a journal of innovative and thought-provoking works in the field of Media.