Deadline Extended: Call for Applications: From Pitch to Publish in the Public Humanities

Deadline extended: Friday, November 21, 2025

Eligibility Expanded: The program is available for ladder faculty, adjuncts, and lecturers, postdocs, advanced graduate students (ATC), and recent PhD graduates (since 2020).

APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED.

Today, it is vital that scholars’ work is made widely available and accessible to the public.

Is your research part of the public discourse? Do you have stories the public at large would benefit from knowing? Do you want to reach a broader audience, an audience beyond the peer-reviewed academic outlets? Do you want to learn how to pitch your specific story and research to non-academic publications?

We have invited two writers and journalists, Lauren Markham and Chris Feliciano Arnold, to offer insights on the public humanities writing, pitching, and publication process in a series of panels, workshops, and individual feedback sessions.

To receive 20 minutes of individualized feedback on an article or book pitch, please apply. In the application, please address the following in a brief précis (<500 words):

Project Description 

In engaging prose, describe what your project is about. Imagine the jacket copy on a book.

Project Scope

What are key people, places and ideas in this project? What structure will this project take on the page?

Why This Project Matters 

What makes this a compelling read to a wide audience? Who is your primary audience for this project? What sets this project apart from other projects on the same subject?

Deadline extended: Friday, November 21, 2025

Consultations: February 2–3, 2026

Application Eligibility

The program is available for ladder faculty, adjuncts, and lecturers, postdocs, advanced graduate students (ATC), and alumni who have graduated from UCLA with a PhD since 2020. Selected applicants are required to attend at least two of the three public events, but are highly encouraged to attend all three:

  • Monday, February 2, 2026, 10:30 AM–12 PM: Enliven Your Prose with Research Details, Public Workshop with Arnold and Markham
  • Monday, February 2, 2026, 4:00–5:00 PM:  Pitching and Working with Newspaper Editors on Op-eds and Opinion Pieces with Arnold
  • Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 4:00–5:30 PM: Writing for the Public in Times of Peril, a panel with Arnold, Markham, and Two Editors
*If ATC, please include brief confirmation letter from the dissertation Chair that confirms they support a potential meeting (a brief mail is fine).
Applicants must be members of one of the co-sponsoring units: Center for the Study of Women|Streisand Center, Division of Social Sciences, Division of Humanities, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities, School of Music, School of Arts and Architecture, and School of Theater, Film, and Television.