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Drawing of a skull with daisies in the eye sockets

Memento Mori | 1st Prize Art | Ansley Unterberger

Photo of a star filled night sky

Look Up | 1st Prize Photography | David Lee

Journal of Literary and Artistic Expression for the UCLA Medical Community

The UCLA BEAT showcases the creativity of members of the UCLA health sciences community. The journal was initiated by DGSOM medical students in 1998 with the goal of establishing an enduring medium for expression of literary and visual art. The UCLA BEAT is published annually each spring, and shared interdepartmentally with faculty, students, staff, patients, and other universities.

Submission Deadline: Closed

Who can contribute? Anyone in the UCLA Health System.

What is accepted? Any original content, non-medical or medical.

How many entries am I allowed? No more than three entries per category, per person.

When is my submission due? December 13th at 11:59 PM

All submissions are anonymously evaluated by an impartial committee. All UCLA medical student submissions to the UCLA BEAT are automatically entered to the Vital Signs Awards for Literature and Art, awarded to the 2 highest rated submissions of each category. Prints of the pieces that win the Visual Art Vital Signs Award are also displayed in the Geffen Hall student lounge.

Literary Art
This category can include original fiction, non-fiction, poetry, humor, and opinion pieces (3000 word limit). Submissions for this category can be submitted online or to the DGSOM Office of Student Affairs in Geffen Hall. Include a short 2-3 sentence biography about yourself with your submission.

Visual Art
This category can include photography, drawing, painting, cartoon, and sculpture. Submissions for this category can be submitted online or to the DGSOM Office of Student Affairs in Geffen Hall (they will be returned after they are scanned), or they can be scanned at a resolution of 600dpi and submitted as TIF files. Include a short 2-3 sentence biography about yourself with your submission.


Contact Information

Contact us if you have any questions or comments about the UCLA BEAT.

Faculty Advisor: Neil Parker, MD 

Editors can be reached at uclabeat@gmail.com

UCLA BEAT
Student Affairs Office
Geffen Hall, Suite 200
885 Tiverton Drive, Box 951720
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1720


Hall of Fame

Vital Signs Awards: These awards are bestowed annually to the top two UCLA medical student submissions in each of the separate categories of Art and Literature.

2019-2020

Art: Look Up, by David Lee
Art: Memento Mori, by Ansley Unterberger
Literature: Eclipse, by Kate Coursey
Literature: First Day, by Savannah Starr

2018-2019
Art, First Prize: Self Care, by Rose Shan
Art, Second Prize: Shell Shaped Mind, by Jessica Poon
Photography, First Prize: Once Upon a Super Blue Blood Moon, by Jonathan Warren
Photography, Second Prize: Shared Hearts, by Ryan Alano
Literature, First Prize: Retracting, by Benjamin Amendolara
Literature, Second Prize: Trauma, Epsilon & Memoriam, by Emmanuel Aguilar-Posada

Acknowledgements: A special thank you to Dr. Neil Parker for his support of The BEAT, without whom we could not showcase the multitude of talents of our medical community.

We would also like to thank our past Editors-In-Chief, whose guidance has been critical to the continuation of this UCLA tradition.

  • 2019-2020: Minji Kim, Zoe Zhou
  • 2018-2019: Safiya Lahlaf, Vivian Wung, Varun Gudapati, Eviola Nakhla
  • 2017-2018: Michelle Miller, Jessica Poon, Jon Warren
  • 2016-2017: Jacqueline Ngo, Rose Shan, Victoria Sun
  • 2015-2016: Christina Harview and Christine Shieh
  • 2014-2015: Elyse Guran, Joel Amezquita, Stephan Chiu
  • 2013-2014: Catherine Ni and Renee Thomas
  • 2012-2013: Aaron Jen and Shauna Higgins


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