3rd Coast Atlas - Call for Submissions

3rd Coast Atlas is a platform for research and design initiatives that explore the urbanization, landscape, infrastructure and ecology of the Great Lakes Basin and Great Lakes Megaregion. 3CA was initiated in 2009 by Clare Lyster, University of Illinois, Chicago; Charles Waldheim, Harvard University, and Mason White, University of Toronto.

The research and collection of submissions will lead to a publication manuscript.

Criteria

Submissions will be evaluated by the editors (and where necessary an independent editorial board) depending upon three criteria:

1.Quality of original intellectual and representational content and its contribution to the overall collection.

2.Relevance to sites and or subjects within the Great Lakes Drainage Basin. See map above and caption for details on geographic limits.

3.Relevance to the categories outlined for the publication. (See below)

 
Notes to contributors

Submission of original work not previously published is encouraged. The editors may include selected reprints of essays, projects, or visual representations that while previously published contribute consequentially to the understanding of the topic and the coherence of the collection. The publication seeks submissions from multiple disciplines that have scholarship and practical expertise in the areas of urbanism, ecology, geography, hydrology, agriculture, landscape design, and cultural theory with a focus on the Great Lakes Basin. The aim of the publication is to include exemplary work from both established professionals as well as emerging voices. As general rule, student work will not be included. However, the editors reserve the right to invite graduate students to expand and augment work originally conceived as part of their graduate work.

 
Submission format

Contributors should submit a complete proposal draft in one of the following formats:

1. Scholarly Essays
- Submit draft with minimum 3,500 words in MS word. (embed images, as desired)
- If the draft is not complete, indicate the final length (approximate) of the essay.
- Indicate whether the essay is a new text or has been previously published.
- Include authors bio (150 words max) + contact email.
- Indicate the subject category under which the essay would be most suitably published.

2. Contemporary Design Projects
- Maximum 8 low resolution images (color TIFFs @ 72 dpi).
- One image must be a map locating the project in the region.
- 200 word description of the project.
- A short accompanying essay that frames the design project within one of the publication’s subject categories - min. 1,500 words.
- Indicate status of the design commission, competition, design research, etc.
- Include bio of principal designer(s) (150 words max) + contact email.
- Indicate the subject category under which the project would be most suitably published.

3. Mapping / Data / Information/Research
- 500 word written description of the content of the map/data/information.
- Sample image of map(s) or graphic design sample of information. Maximum 8 low resolution images (color TIFFs @ 72 dpi).
- Include bio of principal contributor(s) (150 words max.) + contact email.
- Indicate the subject category under which the map would be most suitably published.

4. Photographic Essays / Film or Video Stills
- Maximum 8 low resolution images (color TIFFs @ 72 dpi).
- Min. 500 word written description of photographic essay.
- Include bio of principal artist / photographer(s) (150 words max.) + contact email.
- Indicate the subject category under which the photos would be most suitably published.

All Submissions should be less than 10 MB.

Extra editorial specs

atlas of gps coordinates
[to the extent possible, the editors aspire to map GPS coordinates of sites referenced]

historical maps and charts
[as available, the editors plan to publish historical geographic representations of sites]

index of placenames
[the editors expect to build an indexed list of placenames and their etymological origins]

bibliography of sources
[the collection will include an indexed list of bibliographic materials and sources]

 
 
submission details

Please upload your submission to the 3rd Coast website. Details will be published on the website soon.

 
Submission schedule

May 20, 2010: Call for Submissions
August 30, 2010: Submissions due
November 1, 2010: Responses due from editors

 
Questions?

Please forward questions and recommendations to: [email protected]

http://www.3rdcoastatlas.com/