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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">STC is pleased to announce the call for cover illustrations for the August and November 2021 issues of <i>Technical Communication</i>. The deadline for
submissions is June 1, 2021.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">For the August 2021 issue, we invite cover illustrations on the subject of </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">cultivating language diversity in technical communication</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">For the November 2021 issue, we invite cover illustrations on the subject of this special issue of the journal:
</span><b><span style="color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">storytelling in technical communication</span></b><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Cover illustrations might be diagrams, drawings, photographs, collages, infographics, cartoons, comic strips, or brief graphic narratives. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">For either issue, please submit your cover illustration (approximately 20x20 cm or 8x8 inches) as a high-resolution (300 dpi or better) jpg file by <b>1 June 2021</b> to <a href="mailto:tceditor@stc.org"><span style="color:#954F72">tceditor@stc.org</span></a> with
a brief explanation (100-200 words) of how your illustration addresses the cover subject. A five-member international jury of specialists will organize anonymous review of the submissions and choose each issue’s cover illustration. Honorable mentions will
be published inside the journal.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">To view previous winning cover illustrations, please visit <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stc.org%2Ftechcomm%2Fpropose-a-cover-illustration%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csam.dragga%40ttu.edu%7C3e0377e5b6c94e018cd808d807180a84%7C178a51bf8b2049ffb65556245d5c173c%7C0%7C0%7C637267147125736490&sdata=jpJcW3pBCX%2FYm%2BWzdeU57%2B1juslhKgopigSiLTREMN4%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:#954F72">www.stc.org/techcomm/propose-a-cover-illustration/</span></a>.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sam Dragga<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Professor Emeritus, Texas Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Editor,
<i>Technical Communication</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">sam.dragga@ttu.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1-806-543-6099<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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