Women's Public Voices is a collaborative project among students, faculty and staff at Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith and Wellesley, funded by the NITLE Foundation. The project is designed to encourage women undergraduates to write for the general public on a wide-range of topics, including current events, arts and culture, public policy and international issues.

Students from the five women's colleges are invited to submit op-eds, columns and multi-media presentations for publication on the Women's Public Voices website. All entries should be sent in digital format to Professor Martha Ackmann, WPV Director, at Mount Holyoke College: mackmann@mtholyoke.edu.

Entrants should submit their work along with their name, college, class year, e-mail, telephone number and a statement confirming that the writing is original and created expressly by the author. All submissions should conform to journalistic standards regarding attributions. No footnotes are allowed. (See below for examples of correct journalistic attribution.)

Current categories are:

Op-eds and Columns (between 600-800 words)
Policy Papers (between 600-800 words)
Multi-Media Presentations including podcasts, audio-slide shows and short videos
(multi-media presentations may not be longer than 4 minutes in length)
Audio Commentaries (1-3 minutes)
Passing Glances,Narrative essays on what we see and how we see it (600-800 words)

Sumbitters are encouraged to consult the WPV website for ideas about the range of topics presented.

Journalistic Attribution Correct Form: Writer Libby Jackson in her book, Amelia Earhart: Woman Pioneer, argued that woman pilots were treated as novelties rather than true aviators.

Incorrect Form: Libby Jackson argued that women pilots were treated as novelties rather than true aviators (Jackson, Amelia Earhart: Woman Pioneer, p. 117).