2012 Graduate Student Essay Contest, Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), York University, Toronto

2012 Graduate Student Essay Contest

The Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) seeks tofoster an independent community of scholars dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of Canadian refugee and forced migration research. The Association aims to engage graduate students as active members of the Canadian refugee research community, and invites graduate students to participate in the third annual CARFMS Graduate Student Essay Contest.The CARFMS Graduate Student Essay Contest will recognize the most outstanding research produced by graduate students in the field of refugee and forced migration studies. The authors of the shortlisted papers will be invited to present their work at the 5th Annual CARFMS Conference, which will take place from May 16th to 18th, 2012 at York University in Toronto, Ontario.Papers submitted to the Graduate Student Essay Contest may address any issue relevant to refugee and forced migration studies, in Canada or elsewhere.The selection committee will shortlist three authors, and will award a prize of $250 for the best essay. In cooperation with the Refugee Research Network, CARFMS will provide funding to contribute to the costs of shortlisted authors’ travel to the 2012 Annual CARFMS Conference in Toronto. Subject to peer review, high quality short-listed papers will be considered for publication as working papers on the CARFMS website.

Eligibility

* Participants in the contest must be members of CARFMS, or join the association in advance of the 2012 Conference.
* Participants must be Canadian graduate students (Master’s or PhD), or international students registered at a Canadian university. Law school students are eligible to participate in the contest. Papers from any disciplinary background are welcome.
* The student must be the sole author of the submitted paper.
* The authors of shortlisted papers are encouraged to present their work in person at the 2012 CARFMS Conference, but students may participate in the competition even if they cannot attend the conference.

Application process and editorial guidelines

* Papers must be submitted online by 5:00 PM EST, 13 January 2012 at this link: http://www.carfms.org/2012-essay-contest
* Papers may be submitted in either English or French.
* Papers must not exceed 7,500 words or 30 double-spaced pages. Please use 12-point font and standard margins.
* Submissions must include an abstract of no more than 150 words, setting out the main arguments or findings of the paper.
* Papers should follow the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition), or the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (5th Edition) for essays in law.
* The papers will be evaluated through an anonymous review process. Submissions should include a cover page indicating the title of the article and the author’s name and institutional affiliation. This cover page will be removed before the review process. Please do not include any identifying information in the rest of the article.
* Submissions that do not meet the basic editorial guidelines will not be reviewed by the assessment committee.

Questions should be sent to:Christina Clark-Kazak, PhDInternational Studies/Centre for Refugee Studies, York University Tel: +1.416.736.2100, ext. 88106 Email: cclark-kazak@glendon.yorku.ca