Call for Submissions: How-to Promote the Line of Departure

The Army recently launched Line of Departure, a web-first, mobile-friendly platform for the Army's journals. The site has received 5-star reviews from early reviewers, praising its modern design, accessibility, and potential to connect soldiers and leaders to the Army’s professional literature.

While the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, we need your help to continue raising awareness and ensuring the platform becomes a regularly visited hub of professional development across the force.

Your Mission

Submit a post with one clear and novel idea to help promote Line of Departure. Your idea should align with our initial call to action: encouraging soldiers and leaders to bookmark the site and check it weekly for updates. Creativity, feasibility, and scalability are key!

The top three ideas will receive a star note from the Chief of Staff of the Army and be featured on the Substack. All ideas will help renew the Army’s professional journals.

Submission Guidelines

• Word Limit: Submissions must be 800 words or less.

• Suspense. Submit by 13 December. We plan to announce winners in early January and start applying their ideas immediately.

• Focus: Your post should propose a single, well-defined idea on how to effectively promote Line of Departure within the Army or beyond. Submissions must be original, unpublished, and not subject to publication elsewhere.

• Format: Submit your idea as an attached Word document (.docx) with your name, rank (if applicable) and email address at the top of the document.

• Submission: Submit your article via this web form. (Note: if the link does not work for you, submit to submissions@hardingproject.com)

• Participants. The competition is open to all. We welcome submissions from soldiers, civilians, and other stakeholders in professional military discourse.

Evaluation Criteria

Submissions will be judged by the Harding Project team on:

1. Creativity: Is the idea innovative and fresh?

2. Feasibility: Can the idea be realistically implemented within the Army?

3. Impact: Does the idea align with our goal of increasing awareness and engagement with Line of Departure?

Awards

• The top three ideas will receive a star note from the Chief of Staff of the Army, be published on the Harding Project Substack, and be invited to discuss their ideas with the Harding Project team.

• All submissions will influence Line of Departure outreach!