Guidelines for contributors
Students@UniSA is produced by the Marketing and Development unit for current students at the University of South Australia. It is a magazine-style, four page publication, with four issues a year. It is also published on the internet, where extra articles that don’t fit in the hard copy publication are published. It aims to communicate with UniSA’s student body, containing stories that highlight student achievement and endeavour, promote developments in student services, and inform students of relevant opportunities that exist both within the University and in the wider community. There is also space for poetry, cartoons and artwork.
Unsolicited submissions are welcome, but publication is not guaranteed. Normal editorial rights to cut copy apply. It is recommended that you contact the editor to discuss your idea first - it may not be suitable, or there may already be someone working on a similar story.
Word limits: Articles can be anywhere from 100 to 600 words.
Deadlines: The deadline for contributions is the 25th of each month before publication (eg: for the August/September issue, deadline is July 25). Distribution is on the 15th.
Timing is of utmost importance. Consider when the article you are writing may appear in the publication. In some cases correct use of tense (with the distribution date in mind) will overcome some timing issues, in others you might need to consider trying to get your article in a more regular publication such as Entropy or UniSANews. A good rule of thumb is to think ahead – or write something that doesn’t date.
All articles must be approved by the people quoted in the article.
Photographs are used with the permission of the photographer. If you are sending in a photo, please include a caption of the people in the shot, along with the photographer’s name, making sure you have permission from the photographer. If emailing photos, ensure they are sized appropriately (about the size it should be published) and at least 300 dots per inch, in jpeg or tiff format.
Advertisements are booked through Vincent Ciccarello, ph: 8302 0578 or e-mail.
In-kind payment: Student contributors are offered book vouchers (varying in amount dependant on length/type of contribution) as a token of thanks, only if and when contributions are published.
Submissions should be sent via email, marked attention to the
editor, to unisa.news@unisa.edu.au,
or
vincent.ciccarello@unisa.edu.au , or post to The Editor, UniSA News,
Marketing and Development Unit, GPO Box 2471 Adelaide SA 5001.