Submissions

Author Guidelines

Categories:   

Work may be submitted under two categories:

• RESEARCH AND ANALYTICAL ARTICLES – effective presentation of research findings or effective interpretation and/or critique of a text or multimedia work.
• CREATIVE RESEARCH – effective presentation of findings in multimedia formats or including creative elements such as creative writing, video or audio sections, autoethnographic work, Indigenous methodologies, music, or visual arts. Projects that are primarily creative such as collage or visual art must include a short write-up (500-1000 words) that includes your choice of medium and how it helps express your intended messages, any research that went into the creation of the work, and how this affected your creative process, and the relationship of your work to other scholarly and creative work.

Indicate which category best suits the project you are submitting for publication during the submission process. 

Eligibility:      

Any student currently registered or recently graduated from a post-secondary institute in Canada may submit their work so long as they ensure it maintains a focus on Communication, Media and Film studies. Coursework from the current academic year, or the year prior is acceptable. Students are responsible for ensuring their own eligibility. Submissions to Disrupt Something: Social Movements and Media fall under separate eligibility requirements, click here to review these prior to submitting to the special issue.

The submission must be endorsed or nominated for publication by a faculty member who is familiar with the subject matter. The name and email contact of the faculty nominator must be included in the "Supporting Agencies" section of the submission process. The submission of the work to the journal is the responsibility of the student. If you are uncertain or have any other questions, please contact the Managing Editor at motley.journal@ucalgary.ca

Submission Guidelines:

• The content of submissions must be stripped of personal data and anonymized. This includes removing the course title, instructor, author information, and any names in the acknowledgements of the work.
• The file for your submission should be titled Last Name, First Name. Title of Work.
• Work must be submitted using APA 7th ed. citation style
• Limit of 20 pages or 3 gigabytes for submissions, submissions exceeding 1.5MB must be sent through email to motley.journal@ucalgary.ca. Please make the subject of the email “Multimedia submission”
• Maximum 2 submissions per person per issue
• Research submissions must be accompanied by any required research ethics and approval forms
• Students are welcome to submit work from the current academic year or from the previous year. Graduated students are welcome to submit the previous year’s undergraduate work within a year of their graduation.
• Non-course work completed during the current or previous academic year is also eligible for submission but must still be accompanied by faculty endorsement or nomination information
• Submitted coursework must have received a final grade from the course instructor. 
• All text submissions must include an abstract (250-300 words max.) on the first page and be a singular Microsoft Word document in Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, 1-inch margins, and 1.5 pt. line spacing.
• Multimedia submissions can be uploaded as audio, video, PowerPoint, or text files.
• Multimedia submissions must be accompanied by an abstract (250-500) words, and a reference list attached as a separate file.
• If your multimedia submission exists on a third party website (Wix.com, Prezi.com, etc.,) please include a link to the website at the top of your abstract.
• Projects that are primarily creative such as collage or visual art must include a short write-up (500-1000 words) that includes your choice of medium and how it helps express your intended messages, any research that went into the creation of the work, and how this affected your creative process, and the relationship of your work to other scholarly and creative work.

Procedures:

1. Before submission, polish and edit your paper for clarity. Ensure that your findings are presented clearly and completely, and double-check that your citations are complete and accurate. 
2. Submit an anonymous copy of your work through this website. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis, and issues are published twice a year. Please remember to include the name and email of your Faculty Nominator under the "Supporting Agencies" section.
3. If your submission is for our Disrupt Something: Social Movements and Media Special Issue, please include the note "Disrupt Something" in the Comments for the Editor section