2014 Association for Borderlands Studies Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA The Association for Borderlands Studies

 

2014 Association for Borderlands Studies Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
The Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS): The Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS) extends a special invitation to graduate and undergraduate students who are interested in borderland issues to take part in our upcoming meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, April 2-5, 2014. Towards this goal, we are happy to announce the continuation of our Student Paper Competition in which fourcash awards will be offered to the best student papers presented at the conference.

• $250 U.S. for best graduate student paper $125 U.S. for second place graduate paper and 
• $150 U.S. for the best undergraduate student paper $75 U.S. for the second place undergraduate paper
  In addition to these cash awards, the first place graduate paper will be automatically considered for publication in the Journal of Borderland Studies.
  The specific guidelines of this paper competition are as follows: 

• 1)  Papers must be sole-authored by the student submitting the paper, not co-authored with a faculty advisor or other student(s). 
• 2)  Papers must be original work developed as a conference research paper, not a project report for funded work. 
• 3)  Manuscripts should be no longer than 25 pages, double-spaced with 12 point text and 1 inch margins, or approximately 6000 words in length. Manuscripts should also comply with the guidelines for articles to be submitted to the Journal of Borderland Studies; consulthttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjbs20#.UjdNR2QY140 for these formal guidelines. 
• 4)  Students must present the paper at the conference to qualify for the prizes. 
• 5)  Students must also be full time students and current members of the ABS at the time of the conference, although students can certainly join as part of the registration process.We ask that students have their faculty advisor confirm their student status and level of study at the time the paper is submitted via EMAIL communication to Dr. Sandra Bustillos-Durán, at bustillos.sandra@gmail.com. 
• 6)  Students must submit a typed, professional quality manuscript to Dr. Bustillos-Durán by March 3, 2014.Members of the Committee on Student Participation will evaluate the written document towards the award of the cash prize, yet the ABS reserves the right not to grant prizes if papers are not of adequate professional quality. For further information, feel free to contact Dr. Bustillos-Durán.