Submit your writing for the G. Margaret Porter Gender Studies Graduate Writing Awards before noon Friday, April 12:
- the best graduate student essay written for a course or conference, and
- the best thesis chapter, dissertation chapter, journal article, or book chapter.
These awards are named in honor of G. Margaret Porter, a retired Gender Studies Librarian at the Hesburgh Library who enabled high-caliber research in gender by ensuring that students and faculty had access to the best resources in Gender Studies and include a cash award of $150.
Submissions for these awards must be written by a Gender Studies graduate minor and must address issues of gender. The maximum length for submissions is 10,000 words (not including references). Research papers from courses and conferences are eligible if completion of the paper occurred no more than 12 months prior to the submission deadline. Journal articles and book chapters can be in draft form, under review, or published.