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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear IGALA members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please see below for an announcement from members of the IGALA Advisory Council regarding the upcoming Best Article Prize.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Lucy Jones <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">IGALA Communications Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Colleagues,<br>
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On behalf of the IGALA Advisory Council, we are happy to announce the IGALA11 Best Article Prize contest addressing the IGALA11 conference theme of
<b>Language and the Geopolitics of Gender</b>. If you have published a journal article in any language since January 2018 that fits the conference theme and would like it to be considered in the contest, please send your publication to Denise Troutman (troutma1@msu.edu).
Please send the article with a cover note (in English), outlining how the article speaks to the conference theme. Also, please use the wording
<b>Best Article Prize</b> as the subject in your email. Persons submitting articles must be members of IGALA.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The deadline for submissions is February 29<sup>th</sup>, 2020. Only already published articles and those with an assigned DOI will be considered and evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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1. Internal coherence and structure<br>
2. Contribution to the field of language, gender and sexuality<br>
3. Extent of literature review/coverage of field<br>
4. Style and organization<br>
5. Addressing the theme of <b>Language and the Geopolitics of Gender</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> 6. Originality<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">THE PRIZE is a 2-year free subscription of the journal Gender and Language and the winning author will be announced at the IGALA11 Conference in London.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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For more information on the IGALA11 conference please visit:<br>
<a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/igala11/">https://www.qmul.ac.uk/igala11/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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We look forward to your article submissions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best wishes,<br>
Denise Troutman and Linda McLoughlin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">IGALA Advisory Council<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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