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MESA offers an annual Graduate Student Paper Prize, which includes a $250 award, a hand-caligraphed certificate, recognition at the MESA Awards Ceremony which is held at the Annual Meeting, and submission for publication in the Review of Middle East Studies (RoMES).This is a wonderful opportunity to have your research recognized. Submission criteria and procedures are quite straightforward (see below). Graduate student research papers can be on any aspect of post 600 CE Middle East studies. Papers will be reviewed using a blind process so the author’s name should NOT be included on the title page, footer, or header. Papers will be evaluated according to originality of research and conceptualization (or interpretation), cogency of argument, and clarity of writing.Award Details- $250 cash prize- Recognition at the MESA Awards Ceremony held during the upcoming MESA Annual Meeting (10-13 October, 2013)- Submission for publication in the Review of Middle East Studies (RoMES)Eligibility and Submission(1) Eligible papers must have been produced during this past year, between 1 July 2012 and 15 June 2013, as part of graduate coursework.(2) Papers must be formatted to 8.5x11 page size, one-sided, double-spaced, in Arial or Times Roman font, with 1.25'' margins, and no longer than 30 pages. Please use IJMES standards for endnotes.(3) Graduate student authors are also required to complete the competition submission form (requesting basic paper, author, and faculty advisor information).(4) In addition, graduate students should request an email confirmation from the faculty member they wrote the paper for (indicating that the paper was indeed written during graduate course work and within the time frame mentioned above).For full eligibility details and submission procedures, please visit: http://mesa.arizona.edu/awards/student-paper-prize.htmlDeadline for submission is 28 June 2013.For a list of past recipients, please visit: http://mesa.arizona.edu/awards/student-paper-prize.html#recipientsQueries and SubmissionsRose VeneklasenAwards CoordinatorMiddle East Studies AssociationTel: (520)-621-5859Email: trvene@email.arizona.eduDeadline for submission is 28 June 2013