Submit Your Entry for THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER’s Social Work Month Project 2016!

Submit Your Entry for THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER’s 

Social Work Month Project 2016!

Deadline: January 31

(Note: Submission are now closed for this series.)

       We are seeking submissions from social work practitioners, educators, and students for Social Work Month 2016. Please consider submitting your work for The New Social Worker magazine’s online Social Work Month Project.

     What are we looking for? We are looking for writing and other creative work/talent relating to such topics as:

• Social Work Month
• Why you became a social worker (or want to)
• What you love about social work
• What social work means to you
• What you want people to know about social work
• What you see as an important issue for all social workers
• Celebrating the social work profession.

     We want works that present a positive view of social work.  Submissions may be in the form of:

Essay • Article • Poetry (written, spoken word, audio/video) • Music/song • Dance • Acting/drama/comedy • Art • Photography • Memes • Other creative work

     Works that are accepted will be published on The New Social Worker website and may also appear on our various social media channels, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

     Be creative! Submit written (500 words or less) or recorded work (i.e., YouTube, SoundCloud) or visual work (e.g., JPG file of art, photography, or memes). When you send your submission, please put in the e-mail subject line “Submission: Social Work Month 2016” and the topic and type of submission. Also, state what you are submitting, your name, and your social work credentials. If you are submitting a recording, please include text to accompany it (e.g., a short paragraph to be published with a video or song). Please include a 1-sentence bio at the end of your submission and (optionally) a photo of yourself to be published with your work.

     Also, please include the statement, “I grant The New Social Worker/White Hat Communications permission to publish this work and understand it may be published on its websites, on its social media channels, and/or in its publications.”

     Please e-mail your submission to Linda Grobman no later than January 31, 2016.  Please pass this call for submissions along to others who may be interested.

(Note: Submission are now closed for this series.)