President’s Commission on the Status of Women
Student Writing Award Competition
Call for Papers

The PCSW annual writing awards are designed to highlight and celebrate outstanding student scholarship on issues of importance to women.  The competition is open to undergraduate, graduate, and professional school student papers that relate to women’s issues, gender, or feminist theory.

Faculty members who are aware of papers of excellent quality that would qualify for this award are encouraged to suggest that students submit them.

Papers should be submitted via e-mail to Carey Drews-Botsch at cdrews@sph.emory.edu. The deadline for submission is March 7, 2008. Each paper should be accompanied by a brief letter of support from a faculty sponsor (these may be emailed separately). Winning papers from each category (undergraduate and graduate/professional) will be awarded a first prize of $200. An honorable mention and $50 prize also will be awarded in each category. Awards will be presented at the PCSW full commission meeting on April 16 at 3:30 in the Jones Room of the Woodruff Library. For more information on submission criteria, click here.

The Undergraduate Writing Award is open to all students of Emory College, Oxford College and the undergraduate Business and Nursing Schools. 

Submissions must meet the following criteria:
1) The author must be a currently enrolled student.

2) Papers must be typed in Times New Roman font, 12 point, double-spaced on 8.5x11 paper. The title page of the paper should contain the title of the paper and indication of one of the following categories: Professional/Graduate or Undergraduate. Papers should be between 10 and 30 pages, including footnotes or endnotes.

3) The name, address, telephone number and e-mail address of the author should be on a separate page following the title page. No personal identifying information should appear on any other page.

4) A letter of support must be provided by a faculty member. This letter should indicate the value of the paper’s contribution to its field. Faculty who wish to enter papers originally submitted in a specific class should limit the number to 5.

Any questions should be addressed to Carey Drews-Botsch either by telephone (404.727.5725) or email cdrews@sph.emory.edu.

Lend Your Voice to Ours to Benefit Women at Emory

The PCSW seeks dedicated, skilled, and passionate women and men to serve the cause of advancing women's interests at Emory.  Nominations for the 2008–2009 commission are currently being recieved.

The Nominating Committee will present the slate of nominees at the full commission meeting on March 19, 2008.  Appointees will be invited to attend the last meeting of the semester, which will be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2008.

Click on the link on the homepage to submit an online application. Applications are due by Friday, February 22, 2008. If you have a question about the nomination process, please contact Mary Wilson, Woodruff Library, at 404.727.9639, fax 404.727.0360, or mkwilso@emory.edu.

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