Deadline for submission: Friday, September 1, 2007

The Kenneth W. Payne Student Prize is presented each year by the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists (SOLGA) to a graduate or undergraduate student in acknowledgement of outstanding anthropological work on 1) a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered topic, or 2) a critical interrogation of sexualities and genders more broadly defined. The Prize includes a cash award in the amount of $400. Submissions are encouraged from graduate or undergraduate students in any of the four fields of anthropology. To be eligible for consideration, work should have been completed since September 2006 while the applicant was still enrolled as a student. Papers should be no longer than 40 pages, double-spaced, and typed. Published papers will not be accepted.

SUBMISSION BY EMAIL IS PREFERRED. If using email, submit a copy of the work as a Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file to the email address listed below . Also submit by email a cover letter stating that the submission is for the Kenneth W. Payne Prize. If using regular mail, submit three copies of the work to the address below, and attach a cover letter stating that the submission is for the Kenneth W. Payne Prize. Regardless of whether you use email or regular mail, please include your name, address, department and university, telephone number, and email address; in addition, indicate the stage of your graduate or undergraduate work at the time the paper was written.

Papers will be judged according to the following criteria: use of relevant L/G/B/T/Q and/or feminist anthropological theory and literature, potential for contribution to and advancement of queer studies and our understanding of sexualities worldwide, attention to difference (gender, class, race, ethnicity, nation), originality, organization and coherence, and timeliness. The award will be presented to the winner at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings.

Inquiries and submissions should be sent to:

Ann Kakaliouras
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Whittier College
13406 Philadelphia Street
Whittier, CA 90608 

Email: akakalio@whittier.edu

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The Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists (SOLGA) of the American Anthropological Association was founded in 1988. SOLGA promotes communication, encourages research, develops teaching materials, and serves the interests of gay and lesbian anthropologists within the association. This site was designed by C. Todd White.