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Payne Prize (SOLGA)

Benedict Prize (SOLGA)

Kenneth W. Payne Student Prize
for Outstanding Anthropological Scholarship by a Student
on a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgendered Topic
Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists

Competition is now closed. Please check back next year.

The Kenneth W. Payne Student Prize is presented each year by the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists to a student in acknowledgement of outstanding work on a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered topic in anthropology. To be eligible for consideration, work should have been completed since September 2003 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. The Prize includes a cash award of $300. Submissions are encouraged from graduate students in any of the four fields of anthropology.

Criteria for the Award:

• Use of relevant l/g/b/t/q 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.

Deadline for submission was August 1, 2005. Inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Ellen Lewin, Department of Women's Studies, University of Iowa, 210 Jefferson Building, Iowa City, IA 52242, 319/335-1610; ellen-lewin@uiowa.edu. The award will be presented to the winner at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings. Check out the SOLGA website: http://homepage.mac.com/ctgrant/solga/

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