----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Please pass this along to interested students TENTH ANNUAL STUDENT HONORS PAPER COMPETITION Sponsored by the AAG Cartography Specialty Group Call for Papers The Cartography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers is pleased to announce the 1996-97 Honors Competition for Student Papers on cartographic topics to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the AAG in Fort Worth, Texas, April 1-5, 1997. Abstracts are due September 3, 1996. Completed papers are due March 13, 1997. The finalists will present their papers at the 1997 national AAG meeting. Rules for Submission · Papers must be based upon original work done as an undergraduate or graduate student, and the research must have been completed within the past academic year. · Topics are not restricted to work derived from theses or dissertations. · Papers must be written entirely by the applicant. · Applicants must submit the usual short abstract and appropriate program participation fee as required by the AAG, as well as the AAG application form, to the CSG. · Students who are selected as finalists will be placed in a special session at the national meeting. Eligibility · The competition is open to students at all academic levels. · Judging will take into account the academic level of entrants. Awards · The top five finalists will each be awarded $300 for travel to the national MG meeting. · Additionally, prizes of $100 for the first place paper and $50 for the second place paper will be awarded. These winners will be selected on the basis of their completed paper and their oral presentation at the national meeting. · Winners will be announced at the annual MG awards banquet and the CSG Business Meeting at the national meeting. Judging · Judging will take into account the academic level of the entrants. · Judging of both the written and oral version of the papers will be conducted by a committee including the current Academic and Student Directors of the Cartography Specialty Group. · Written and oral versions of the papers will be scored on a 50-point scale, for a total maximum score of 100. Guidelines for Papers * Four copies of the completed paper must be submitted. * Papers must not exceed 10 double-spaced typed or printed pages, exclusive of maps, graphs, tables, literature cited, the abstract, and the title page. Please use only 10 or 12 point type. * The paper must begin with a title page giving the title, the name of the author, the academic level of the author, when the research was completed, and a complete mailing address. * A short abstract should appear on page two. The abstract should define the problem, the methodology, and the results of the study in no more than 300 words. * The text of the paper should begin on page three and end by page twelve. * The listing of references cited should immediately follow the text. List all references alphabetically using the following format: Jones, M. J. 1977. A Study of Early Maps. The American Cartographer's Friend 1:17-39. Within the text, use a standard format for citation which includes the author's last name, the date of publication, and the page referenced, if applicable. For example: "...in the earlier study, Jones (1977, p. 34) found...", or "...the studies have found conflicting results (Jones, 1977, pg. 34)..." * Figures and tables must be referenced in the text and should appear in order immediately following the references section. Both figures and tables must have captions appearing on them. For example: Figure 1: Maps Used as Referents, or Table 1: Correlation Coefficients · Examples of references may be found in the current issue of the Annals of the Association of American Geographers and the current edition of A Manual of Style published by the University of Chicago Press. Submission of Abstracts and Papers Abstracts should be submitted in both paper and digital format following the guidelines of the AAG (see the May AAG newsletter for detailed instructions). Abstracts are due September 3, 1996. Completed papers are due March 13,1996. All submissions should be sent to: Mark Kumler, CSG Academic Director Department of Geography Campus Box 260 University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0260 email: [log in to unmask] -- ************************************************************************ Julio Rivera phone: 414-229-4866 Department of Geography e-mail: [log in to unmask] University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee