<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Faculty – Please share
with your students…</span><br></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Gender & Women's
Studies Department is pleased to announce the inaugural bell hooks Writing Prize in Gender &
Women's Studies, a prize awarded for an outstanding paper on a topic relating
to how gender intersects with other social locations such as race, ethnicity,
nation, class, sexuality, age, (dis)ability, religion, and culture. Entries
should be major essays or research papers (at least 1000 words in length). The
2022 Writing Prize, which will be presented at the Arts and Science Academic
Achievement Awards Ceremony on May 20th, carries with it a cash award of $100. </span></p>

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procedures for submission:</span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Students
must be enrolled as an undergraduate at SUNY Plattsburgh or plan to graduate in
May 2022 or December 2022.</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
entry must have been prepared originally for an undergraduate course taken at
Plattsburgh State during the course of the student’s studies.  Students may revise papers prior to
submission for the Writing Prize.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
entry may be in any field--humanities, social sciences, science, or
professional studies--but the topic must directly address gender and
intersectionality.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
entry must be typed, double-spaced, and must not bear the name of the
author.  To submit, email your entry to
Jennifer Bleaux at <a href="mailto:blea9777@plattsburgh.edu">blea9777@plattsburgh.edu</a> by April 1st. Papers will be judged
anonymously by the Writing Prize Committee. Judging criteria include conceptual
development, organization, and style.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">5.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
final deadline for submission is THIS Friday, April 1, 2022 at 3pm. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Email Dr. Connie Oxford at
<a href="mailto:oxfordcg@plattsburgh.edu">oxfordcg@plattsburgh.edu</a> with any questions.</span></p>

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support from the Plattsburgh College Foundation.</span></p></div>