Posted on behalf of Dawn Cerney: CALL FOR PAPERS STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
Association of American Geographers (AAG) Applied Geography Specialty Group The 2011 Meeting of the AAG, April 12-16, 2011, Seattle, WA The Applied Geography Specialty Group is sponsoring a student paper competition this year. The paper and its research should utilize geographic methods, techniques, or analysis applied in service to a real world client, while the subject-matter focus of the paper is open. One prize ($500) will be awarded to the best paper. The student papers can range from a class project or term paper to one that has been given at any professional meeting in the 12 months preceding (and including) the Seattle, WA AAG conference. Participants are required to register and present in the AGSG Interactive Short Paper (ISP) Student Session at the April 12-16, 2011 AAG Annual Meeting. The Applied Geography Conference Board will award the student paper winner with a free conference registration to attend the 34th Annual Applied Geography Conference in October, 2011 in Redlands, California, and an invitation to submit the winning paper for review and possible publishing in the Annals from that conference. The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Applied Geography Specialty Group student paper competition is the same date as the AAG deadline for abstracts. To submit an abstract to the AGSG you must first register for the meeting. Please review AAG guidelines for abstract submission. Send an abstract of no more than 250 words as an email attachment and your personal identification number (received from the AAG after applying online at www.aag.org), along with a 100 word maximum statement identifying the applied geography components of their paper to Dr. Dawna Cerney at [email protected] Written papers (8,000 word maximum) are due on March 1, 2011. The prize will be awarded based on the written papers and not on the presentations, and the winner will be announced at the conclusion of the interactive session. If any participants would like informal feedback on their presentation, please advise Dr. Cerney in advance. Both Masters and Ph.D. students are welcome in the competition. One prize will be awarded in the amount of $500. All authors will be recognized for their participation.
