Student
Paper Awards
ASFS Student Paper Awards
Deadline for Submission: March 14th, 2008
The ASFS invites undergraduate and graduate to submit a paper for the
William Whit (undergraduate) and Alex McIntosh (graduate) prizes. These
awards are intended to recognize students' contributions to the field
of food studies. One award will be given for an undergraduate student
paper and one award for a graduate student paper. The author of each award-winning
paper will receive $500, payment of membership and conference fees and
a free banquet ticket for the coming year's annual meeting.__ We welcome
submissions on a wide range of issues relating to food, society and culture,
and from the diverse disciplinary and transdisciplinary fields that ASFS
encompasses.
Format Guidelines
All papers must be double-spaced and include references and bibliographic
information.
Paper should follow APA or MLA guidelines for style and format.
Papers can be no longer than 5000 words, excluding references and notes.
Provide a word count at the end of the paper.
Use a serif font (such as Palatino, Times, Times New Roman, or Century
Schoolbook). Do not use a sans serif font (such as Arial, Geneva, or
Verdana). Use a 12 point font size.
Use only the left justification.
Submission Guidelines and Conditions of Award
Videos and other non-print formats are not eligible for consideration
at this time.
Only single-authored papers will be considered.
Papers submitted to ASFS cannot be submitted to AFHVS (and vice versa).
ASFS reserves the right to refer papers to AFHVS.
The paper should have been completed within two years prior to submission
date.
The paper should have been written during a course or research project
directed by a faculty member at an academic institution or research
institute.
Papers will not be considered without a letter or email from the primary
supervising professor, testifying to single-handed authorship and veracity
of information and data.
All entries must include a completed submission cover sheet (a PDF file).
A copy of the cover sheet (in Microsoft Word) can be requested by sending
an e-mail to Dr. Elaine Power.
Papers must be submitted electronically (along with letter of verification
and submission sheet) to the address listed below. Papers with incomplete
or late paperwork will not be considered.
The committee reserves the right to reject a paper on the grounds that
it does not fit the criteria specified.
The committee also reserves the right to select an outside reader in
particular areas of expertise.
Authors are highly encouraged to simultaneously submit an abstract to
the ASFS/AFHVS conference by the conference deadline.
Prizewinning papers may be presented at an ASFS/AFHVS conference within
two years of award. Prizewinners may also postpone their registration
and banquet ticket use for one year following the award.
Process
Please submit an electronic version of the paper, which does not include
personally identifying information, along with the submission cover sheet
and electronic letter from the primary supervising professor to: Ms.
Angie Maltby. Identifying information will be handled by Angie, who
will ensure that anonymous copies of the paper are sent to the Adjudication
Committee.
Deadline for Submission: March 14th, 2008
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Elaine Power, Adjudication
Committee Chair
Agriculture Food and Human
Values Society Student Essay Competition
Deadline. Submissions must be e-mailed or postmarked by March 21st,2008.
Eligibility
Students who submit abstracts to present at the 2008 Joint Annual Meeting
may also submit a full version of their paper to be considered in the
Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society student essay competition.
The AFHV Society Student Paper Award Committee will select up to one undergraduate
student and one graduate student to receive awards for contributed papers
of scholarly excellence.
Theme
Papers should be related to the production, distribution, or consumption
of food, fiber, and natural resources. AFHVS promotes open discussion
of questions such as the sustainability of modern food production practices;
alternative visions of food systems; the benefits and risks of biological
technologies; and food security in developed and developing countries.
Award
Each award will include a $400 stipend and payment of the registration
fee and banquet ticket for the 2008 AFHVS Annual Meeting in New Orleans,
Louisiana, USA.
Requirements
Award winners are expected to present their paper at the annual meeting.
Each submission must be accompanied by an e-mail or letter from the
student's academic supervisor verifying that the author is an undergraduate
or graduate student, and that the student was the primary person responsible
for the paper's genesis, development, and writing.
No Double Submissions: Papers submitted to AFHVS cannot be submitted
to the Association for the Study of Food and Society Student Paper Award
(and vice versa).
AFHVS reserves the right to refer papers to ASFS.
Opportunity for Publication
Based on the recommendation of the Student Paper Award Committee recommendation,
the papers may be forwarded to the journal of Agriculture and Human Values
for further peer review. Note that papers submitted for the student paper
competition do not have a required format. To be submitted to the Society's
Journal for publication, however, papers should be full-length and in
the format specified by the journal. (For full details, visit AFHVS
website).
It is preferred that abstracts be submitted on disk (Corel Word Perfect,
MS Word, or a text file) or as a file attachment by electronic mail to:
Dr. Marcy Ostrom
Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources
Washington State University
1100 N. Western Ave.
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Please do not include embedded codes.
Clean typewritten submissions are also welcome. Include your name, full
address, email address, and affiliation after the paper title and before
the text of the abstract.
Notification of awards will be made by April 28th, 2008.
|
