Organization: Central States Anthropological Society (http://groups.creighton.edu/csas//)
Due Date: April 27th, 2009
Student Paper Competition (http://groups.creighton.edu/csas//Awards.htm)
The Central States Anthropological Society (CSAS) awards prizes each year for best undergraduate and best graduate student papers given at its annual meeting. Prize submissions must be research papers on which the presentation (paper or poster) were based, and presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting held in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. The prize in each category is $300, and papers in any area of anthropology are eligible.
Papers should have anthropological substance and not be in some other field of social science or humanities. Research and conclusions should be framed by general anthropological issues. Goals, data, methodology, and conclusions should be presented clearly. Use of original literature is preferred rather than secondary sources. All references should be cited. Entries should aim for the style, format, and quality of anthropological journal articles. Papers should be potentially publishable but papers that require some editing or rewriting may still be chosen for the prize. This year’s deadline for submission is Monday, April 27, 2009 – three weeks after the meetings, giving entrants time to make revisions based on feedback received at their presentation. Reviewers’ comments are returned to entrants, providing each author with feedback on their work..
Applications instructions: FOUR copies of the paper (not the presentation) must be submitted. Papers should be no longer than THIRTY pages in length, plus bibliography. A submission cover page should be attached to each copy, which will indicate the student status of the author (undergraduate or graduate) but not give any identifying information of the author. Within the paper, no headers or footers with author identification information should appear on pages. Include one copy of the applicant submission form. This form will include the author’s name, university, title of the paper, student status of graduate or undergraduate, mailing address, email and phone number where they can be reached through August 15, 2009. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Prizes will be announced during the summer.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS APRIL 27, 2009
Please send complete application packets to:
Homayun Sidky, Chair CSAS Student Paper Competition Committee
Department of Anthropology
164 Upham Hall
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
Applications can be found at http://www.creighton.edu/csas/
