Student Paper Competition: Graduate Student Affinity Group

Abstracts Due: December 20, 2009
Full Papers Due: February 5, 2010

The Graduate Student Affinity Group (GSAG) is pleased to announce the 2010 GSAG Student Paper Competition. The competition seeks to promote the dissemination of graduate student research through written and oral presentations. Papers are invited from current students on any topic and specialty area within geography. Submissions must be presented by the author as part of the upcoming AAG Annual Meeting in Washington DC. We do not require that they are part of a session sponsored by the GSAG.

Students interested in participating should submit their abstract (of 250 words or less) to the GSAG by December 20, 2009, and an electronic copy of their paper, in full, including figures and references, by February 5, 2010. No late or incomplete submissions will be accepted.

Submissions should be sent to Phil Birnie at birnie.1[at]osu.edu. For more details, please contact Phil Birnie, Student Paper Competition Chair, at birnie.1[at]osu.edu or Nicholas Crane, GSAG Chair, at crane.61[at]osu.edu.

Award Amounts: There are three awards available in this competition.1 1st place will receive $200; 2nd place will receive $100; 3rd place will receive $75

Details of the paper competition:
Paper submissions must:

• Conform to Annals of the AAG Style Sheet
• Be a research paper (review and concept papers will not be judged)
• Be limited to 4000 words not including figures or references. (Papers of more than 4000 words will not be considered)
• Be based upon original research for which the graduate student is the lead author

Eligibility:
This competition is open to all graduate students presenting original research of which they are lead author. Papers must be presented at AAG. Students must be fully registered for the conference and members of the GSAG at the time of submission (dues are currently $2).

Winner Expectations:
We encourage students to publish winning manuscripts in academic journals. If a winning manuscript appears in print, an acknowledgement of financial support from the GSAG would be appreciated. Winners will be announced during the GSAG’s annual business meeting at the AAG Annual Meeting.