iris: the UNC journal of medicine, literature & visual art

• Where to get a copy of iris ?
• Where do iris's submissions come from?
• How to make a submission for iris number 7?
• Do contributors keep the copyright to their works?
• Who makes up iris's staff?
• How to find out more information?

• Where to get a copy of iris?

• The Health Affairs Bookstore, UNC-CH
• The Bullshead Bookshop (located inside UNC Student Stores), UNC-CH
• Health Sciences Library, UNC-CH
• Davis Library, UNC-CH
• The Visitor Services Desk at the main entrance to UNC Hospitals 

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• Where do iris's submissions come from?

 

 
 
 

Iris seeks creative submissions addressing illness, health, and healthcare from any person who is or has been a member of the UNC/Chapel Hill healthcare community. this community includes patients, their families, providers, faculty, staff, students, volunteers, researchers, and others. Selections will be chosen for their literary and artistic merit, their collective representation of as broad a cross-section of this comunity as possible , and their ability to stimulate creative reflection on health, illness, healing, and wellness. Submissions must be original and not previously published.

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• How to make a submission for iris number 7?

 

 
 
 

The submissions deadline for issue number 7 is December 15, 2002   HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO

March 1, 2003.

The recommended length for each prose submission is no more then 3000 words; for each poem, no more than 2 pages. Black and white photography is preferable. The editors will make exceptions to these guidelines under special circumstances.

For each written entry, submit 2 copies, one with your name attached and one without. If possible, please submit written entries on computer disk as well.

Please include with each entry:

1. A stamped, self-addressed letter-size envelope for return correspondence
2. A cover sheet including your name, address, telephone, and e-mail address.
3. A brief biographical description of your relationship to the UNC/Chapel Hill health care community that can be adapted for publication.
4. A stamped, self-addressed postcard to acknowledge receipt of submission (optional).
Editorial decisions will be made as soon as possible; however, to minimize postage costs, submissions will not be acknowledged until publication decisions are made, and cannot be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed manila envelope with sufficient postage.

Send to:

        iris (c/o Sharon Joffe)
        Department of Social Medicine, CB #7240
        364 Wing D
        University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
        Chapel Hill, North Carolina  27599-7010

Written pieces submitted by email will be accepted as well.  Please send as an attachment and include the words "iris submission" in the subject heading.

Email to:

Michael_Papez@med.unc.edu

• Do contributors keep the copyright to their works?

 

 
 
 

iris contributors retain copyright to their works, but iris copyrights each issue.  Contributors should acknowledge previous publication in iris in all subsequent uses of the works that appear therein.

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• Who makes up iris's staff?

 
Any enrolled student at UNC at Chapel Hill is eligible to join iris. Traditionally, the staff has consisted primarily of students in the health professional schools including but not limited to The School of Medicine, The School of Nursing, The School of Dentistry and The School of Public Health.

• How to find out more information?

• Michael Papez at michael_papez@med.unc.edu
• Tung Tran at tung_tran@med.unc.edu
• Melanie Wasserman at wasserma@email.unc.edu
• or write to the address above

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