The Foodways Section of the American Folklore Society is pleased to announce the Sue Samuelson Award for the best student paper on food and foodways.
Papers should be based on original fieldwork or research and should utilize current folkloric approaches to interpretation.
The contest is open to undergraduate and graduate students. There is no entrance fee. The contest prize is $200 (USD), publication in the journal Digest, and free membership to the Foodways Section of AFS.
How to Enter:
Save your original, unpublished essay (from 1,500 to 9,000 words) as a Word document and attach it to your e-mail. Include the essay title, your full name, postal address, phone number, and e-mail address. Type "Foodways Essay Contest" in the subject description of the e-mail and send the submission to LuAnne Roth.
· All entries must be received by September 25, 2011.
· Entries will be judged according to the following criteria:
o Sensitivity to the people and culture being described
o Depth of analysis into the food tradition
o Ability to engage the reader
o Quality of writing.
· Supporting photos (in .jpg or .gif format) are welcome.
· The journal Digest reserves first-time Worldwide Electronic rights for winning submissions and the right to reprint the paper in a future publication. The writer may republish the unedited submission as desired six months after initial publication in Digest.
· Winners will be notified by e-mail.
Contest Terms:
· Submissions should be previously unpublished, either in print or on the Web.
· Decisions of the judges are final.
· The Foodways Section is not responsible for late, lost, incomplete, or illegible e-mail or for any computer-related, online, or technical malfunctions that may occur in the submission process.
· Submissions are considered void if illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error, or obtained through fraud or theft.
· The winner will be paid by check.
· Federal, state, and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the contest winners.
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