[Commlist] Call for Papers: Nontheatrical Student Essay Award 2024

Call for Papers: Nontheatrical Student Essay Award 2024

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Your work in The Moving Image (U. of Minnesota Press)!

In collaboration with AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists) and 
its journal, The Moving Image, the SCMS Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG 
is delighted to announce its second annual Nontheatrical Student Essay 
Award.

Designed to recognize outstanding graduate student scholarship founded 
upon archival nontheatrical research, this award underscores both 
organizations’ commitment to mentorship and professional development, 
connecting award-recipients with mentors to guide them through the 
process of crafting journal-ready manuscripts. The award-winning essay 
will also be published (subject to revisions) in The Moving Image.

Our inaugural award went to Poorvi Gaur (Queen Mary University of 
London) for her paper, ‘Rethinking agency in the first national family 
planning campaign: Politics and patterns of feminist agency in the works 
of Films Division of India (1948–75).’ Keep your eyes peeled for its 
publication in The Moving Image!

Eligibility:

Applicants must be enrolled in a recognized graduate program at the time 
of entry.

Submission criteria:

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    ● The winning scholarly essay will demonstrate original and critical
    analysis, clarity of argument and exposition, and engagement with
    varied source materials related to the study of nontheatrical media
    (e.g. science film, educational film, home movies, government films,
    etc.)

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    ● Students may submit their own paper, or they may be nominated by
    an advisor or professor with the author’s consent. In either case,
    the submitter should provide a short author’s CV.

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    ● Papers shall be submitted in English and may not have been
    published in part or in whole by the time of submission. The
    manuscript should be 4000-6000 words in length (double spaced, Times
    New Roman, 12 pt, with 1-inch margins, using the Chicago Manual of
    Style, 17th edition), including footnotes/endnotes but excluding
    bibliography.

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    ● Before the first-place essay is published in The Moving Image, its
    author will work with a faculty mentor and The Moving Image editors
    to revise the essay for publication, in keeping with the
    developmental editing procedures of the journal.

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    ● Submissions will be evaluated by the governing body of the
    Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG and editors from The Moving Image.


    Submissions will be due January 31, 2024 and can be sent to
    (nontheatricalessayaward /at/ gmail.com)
    <mailto:(nontheatricalessayaward /at/ gmail.com)>. The award winner will be
    contacted in March 2024, and announced at the 2024 SCMS Annual
    Conference.

    Point of contact for questions about the award and the submission
    process: Sophia Gräfe, Co-Chair of the SCMS Nontheatrical Film and
    Media SIG: (sophia.graefe /at/ hu-berlin.de)
    <mailto:(sophia.graefe /at/ hu-berlin.de)>

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