<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;text-align:justify">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). </span><b style="font-size:11pt;text-align:justify">This year's Writing Prize, which will be
presented at the Arts and Sciences Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony on May 20,
2022, carries with it a cash award of $100.</b><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Rules of eligibility and procedures
for submission:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Students must be enrolled as an
undergraduate at SUNY Plattsburgh or plan to graduate in May 2022, Summer 2022,
or December 2022.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The entry must have been prepared
originally for an undergraduate course taken at SUNY Plattsburgh during the
student’s baccalaureate program.
Students may revise papers prior to submission for the Writing Prize.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,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.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,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.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The final deadline for submission is THIS Friday, April 1, 2022, 3pm.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We gratefully acknowledge support from
the Plattsburgh College Foundation.</p></div>