What is Envelope?
Envelope is an Art & Writing Magazine featuring creative work from UCLA's International Student, Scholar, Faculty, and Staff community. When you open Envelope, you find poems, creative fiction, opinion pieces, digital art, drawings, paintings, photography, etc. The hope for this magazine is that it provides a platform for international students, scholars, faculty, and staff, both at UCLA and UCLA Extension to share their unique perspectives with the extended campus community and beyond.
Envelope Magazine FAQs:
- Who oversees Envelope? The editorial team consists of both professional and student staff from the UCLA Dashew Center and UCLA Case Management.
- What is the timeline for Envelope?The submission deadline is May 23, 2025. The expected publication date of the magazine is the start of the Fall 2025 quarter.
- Who is eligible to participate? Anyone who identifies with the UCLA International community (students, staff, faculty, scholars -- in the U.S. or studying from your home country), both at UCLA and UCLA Extension, is welcome to submit work for consideration. Each person can submit up to 2 entries. We encourage you to submit the art and writing you feel most proud of and which meets the criteria listed here.
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The theme for the 2025 Envelope volume is: Connecting Across Cultures
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What types of Writing pieces are eligible for submission? Writing can include fiction, non-fiction, opinion, poetry, humor, etc. (1000 word limit). Writings can be in any language and should also include an English translation.
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What types of Art pieces are eligible for submission? Art can include photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, illustration, cartoons, etc. Please submit a high resolution image of your art.
Additional Submission Criteria:
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Submitted works should refrain from content that perpetuates harmful stereotypes or negative caricatures of any culture, gender, or identity. The editorial team will not accept submissions that contain any form of direct discriminatory or racist connotation.
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All required areas of the submission form must be fully complete in order to be considered.
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Art must fall under the theme chosen for 2025. Participants will be required on the submission form to explain how their work fits that theme.
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The Envelope editorial team will strive to cultivate a safe and empowering space for UCLA’s international students, scholars, faculty and staff to express their unique voices in Envelope magazine. The team will work in as un-biased a fashion as possible throughout the selection process, and reserves final decision-making rights on submissions.
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Due to space limitations, not all submissions will be accepted, and final decisions will be up to the discretion of the editorial team.
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By submitting the form, you are giving UCLA Dashew Center permission to use your artwork for promotional purposes. You also confirm that you own this art and it is your original work.
How to Participate?
Submissions for the 2025 Envelope Magazine are now open! Please see the Submission Form to participate.
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Previous Issues of Envelope:
Check out the inventory of Envelope and see all the great work from previous years!
Envelope 2024
Envelope 2023
Envelope 2022
Envelope 2021
Envelope 2020
Envelope 2019
