New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) 2016
Hosted by Utica College | September 23-24, 2016
THE MARLEIGH GRAYER RYAN COLLEGE STUDENT WRITING PRIZE
2016 Competition Information
The New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) encourages the development of the skills of scholarly writing by awarding annual prizes for excellent student papers dealing with Asia. Two such prizes are awarded each year, one to an undergraduate student and one to a graduate student. Runners-up are named in each category.
The prizes honor the outstanding service of Dr. Marleigh Grayer Ryan, former Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Professor of Japanese Literature, and Coordinator of Asian Studies at SUNY New Paltz; and longtime Executive Secretary of NYCAS.
Eligibility:
Undergraduate and graduate students at a college or university in New York State.
Field:
East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Asia in diaspora, and Asian American studies.
Awards:
The First Prize winners in the Undergraduate and Graduate categories each will receive a $100 prize; up to $200 reimbursement for travel and expenses to attend the NYCAS 2016 Annual Meeting; and a waiver of the NYCAS 2016 registration fee, including conference meals at the NYCAS meeting.
The Graduate Paper Prize winner will receive a complimentary one-year membership to the Association for Asian Studies and will be eligible to participate on a panel sponsored by the AAS Council on Conferences at the AAS annual meeting.
The Runner-up/Honorable Mention winners each will receive a waiver of the NYCAS 2016 registration fee, including conference meals at the NYCAS meeting.
The winning papers will be published on the NYCAS website and considered for presentation in a panel at the NYCAS meeting.
Format of papers:
Papers should include a cover page giving the title of the paper, the student’s name, category, institution, and contact information (including current email and permanent mailing address).
Submission of papers:
A student may submit only one entry. Papers may be submitted by the student author or by a faculty member acting on behalf of a student. A faculty member may not provide any evaluative comments at the time of nomination.
Papers should be submitted by email attachment only. Undergraduate papers are limited to 40 pages. Graduate papers are limited to 60 pages.
A submitted paper should stand alone and not be a segment of a larger work, such as a Senior Thesis, Masters’ Thesis, or Doctoral Dissertation.
With your emailed submission, please include a completed cover sheet. This cover sheet should be saved, preferably as a pdf, and then attached when you email your paper.
Click here to access/download the cover sheet.
Entry deadline: June 15, 2016
Notification of awards: August 15, 2016
Submit papers by email attachment to:
Professor Tiantian Zheng, Chair
NYCAS Marleigh Grayer Ryan Prize Committee
email: Tiantian.Zheng@cortland.edu
Please click here to view previous Marleigh Grayer Ryan prize winners.
