SPARK Submission Form

The COSP Writing Initiative envisions SPARK as a space where COSP Scholars can craft engaging stories, in a variety of formats, about their research and why their research matters. SPARK is an open access, multimodal, digital platform that values community, innovation, creativity, language accessibility, and public scholarship.

Submission Requirements

In order to submit to the SPARK e-zine, you must read and acknowledge that you have fulfilled the following requirements. Please check each box to indicate your acknowledgement. *

The author(s) is a current COSP Scholar or a COSP Scholar alumni.

The content is the original scholarly work of the author(s).

The author(s) has in good faith secured all necessary permissions, including IRB approvals if submitting research related to living subjects.

The author(s) accepts full responsibility for the content of the article.

The submission must not contain any libelous or unlawful statements or infringe on the rights or privacy of others or contain material or instructions that might cause harm or injury.

The author(s) will notify the SPARK Editorial Board if the author(s) plans to or has previously shared the submitted work on a different platform.

All text submissions are in Microsoft Word doc/docx files, with end citations linked to the text, if appropriate. If submitting a podcast, audio files must be sent in an mp3 file. All visual images should be sent in a jpg or png file. For accessibility, all audio files must provide a written transcript.

Text and endnotes are formatted according to citation style best suited for your discipline and guidelines. Names and titles of images are properly captioned, based on citation style consistent with your discipline.

Contact from SPARK Editorial Board: *

I agree to be contacted by a SPARK Editorial Board member about this submission.

I agree to submit the article to the SPARK Editorial Board for consideration for the COSP ezine.

Acknowledgement of Copyright Statement: All work published on the SPARK platform will have a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.With this license, the author(s) retains the copyrights to their work. The CC-BY-NC-ND licence grants permissions for all users to quote, download, copy, and distribute the work as long as appropriate credit is attributed to the author(s), the work is used for non-commercial purposes, and the work is not modified, altered or transformed. All images submitted for publication need to be captioned and cited. Any additional permissions or fees for sharing, text, images, and/or audio is the responsibility of the author. *

Yes, I agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the copyright statement.

Yes, I agree to have my data collected and stored for the COSP ezine.

Permission to include email contact information. *

Yes, I agree to having my University of Minnesota email address included in the article.

No, I do not agree to having my University of Minnesota email address included in the article.

Author(s) Data

If there is more than one author, please list in the order you would like.

First Name *

Last Name *

UMN Email Address *

College *

Graduate Program *

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First Name *

Last Name *

UMN Email Address *

College *

Graduate Program *

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First Name *

Last Name *

UMN Email Address *

College *

Graduate Program *

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First Name *

Last Name *

UMN Email Address *

College *

Graduate Program *

Submission File Information

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