Duke's Working Group for Interdisciplinary Ocean Work
Submission Guidelines
General Guidelines
All submissions should be related to oceans or global marine issues.
Work with students, researchers, alumni or professors in the Duke community are all welcome.
Submissions may be previously prepared works, such as abstracts from published papers or assignments done for class.
Multiple submissions are permitted.
Guidelines for Written Works
Written submissions must be 500 words or less.
All types of work are welcome, including short research articles, OpEds or brief essays.
Please ensure your work has been thoroughly edited for typos.
File formats for submission should be .doc, .docx or .txt only.
If citations are necessary for the article, please no more than 5 distinct sources formatted as footnotes.
Photos or visual aids to accompany your submission are welcomed. Please see visual submission guidelines below for file type and resolution requirements.
Guidelines for Visual Works
Visual submissions can be photographs or other forms of artwork.
File formats for submission should be .jpeg only.
Work must have a minimum resolution of 72 dpi but 300 dpi is strongly preferred.
The author will be credited appropriately, however, please do not use a watermark on images.
Please include a brief caption to accompany your submission.
