Rocky Mountain/Western Slavic Association Essay Contest

[Jolanta Davis]

Dear SEELANGers,

Please help spread the word among your graduate students about the Rocky 
Mountain Western Slavic Association 2004 Graduate Student Essay Contest. 
The rules are below. Please note that to be a member of the RMWSA one does 
not have to be affiliated with an institution on the region.

Rocky Mountain Western Slavic Association 2004 Graduate Student Essay Contest
Rules:
1. Graduate students who are enrolled in master’s and doctoral programs at 
any institution of higher learning in the U.S. and abroad are eligible to 
enter the essay contest.
2. Essay submitted must be a longer version of the paper first presented at 
the Rocky Mountain Western Slavic Association conference, which will take 
place 21­24 April 2004, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Paper proposals for the 
conference are due: 15 November 2003. There is no exception to this rule—to 
enter the RMWSA Graduate Student Essay Contest, the graduate student must 
first present the paper at the RMWSA conference and must be a member of the 
RMWSA. For more information about joining RMWSA, please contact Prof. 
Cynthia A. Klima (see contact information below).
3. Master’s students presenting must be accompanied by an advisor; doctoral 
students may be accompanied and/or endorsed by letter from the advisor.
4. Essays must be entirely student-authored and not written with the 
participation of or in conjunction with a faculty member.
5. Essays must focus on the study of questions relating to 
Russian/Eurasian/East European languages, linguistics, history, politics, 
culture, or literature.
6. Essays are not to be presented simultaneously in other contests 
sponsored by academic conferences, nor will they be accepted if they won an 
award in another calendar year.
7. Essays are to be approximately 20­30 pages in length, double-spaced, and 
with proper citation (either Chicago Manual of Style or MLA), including 
notes and bibliography. Footnotes are preferred by the AAASS judging committee.
8. After being presented at the RMWSA conference, the essays are to be 
submitted to the Slavic Coordinator no later than 21 May 2004.
The winner of the 2004 Rocky Mountain Western Slavic Association will 
receive $100, and will advance to the AAASS National Graduate Student Essay 
Contest competition.
Paper proposals for the conference should be submitted by mail, e-mail, or 
fax to: Prof. Cynthia A. Klima, SUNY-Geneseo, Department of Foreign 
Languages, Geneseo, NY 14454, e-mail: klima at geneseo.edu, fax: 585-245-5399.


Jolanta M. Davis
AAASS Publications Coordinator and NewsNet Editor

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
8 Story Street
Cambridge, MA
tel.: 617-495-0679
fax: 617-495-0680
Web site: www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass

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