BRITISH COLUMBIA POLITICAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION
2024 STUDENT ESSAY COMPETITIONS
Call for Nominations
STUDENT ESSAY PRIZES
Up to four prizes are awarded each year in the following three categories:
Mike Meade Prize
The Mike Mead Prize recognizes the best lower division (first and second year) undergraduate paper. Up to two Mike Meade Prizes are awarded each year.
Norman Ruff Prize
The Norman Ruff Prize recognizes the best upper division (third and fourth year) undergraduate paper.
BA Honours Paper Prize
This prize recognizes the best honours paper.
Eligibility and Nomination Process
These contests are open to all students enrolled in BC colleges and universities that participate in the BCPSA. Papers may cover any sub-field of political science but must be handed in during the last year: more specifically, between the Summer 2022 term and the end of the 2024 Spring term.
Departments are responsible for nominating papers. Each Department can nominate two papers for the Mike Meade Prize and no more than one paper for each of the two upper-level undergraduate prizes. Please send papers as attachments to xxxxx xxxxx@viu.ca by April xx, 2024. The winners will be announced at the 2024 BCPSA Annual General Meeting.
Note: details on eligibility, nomination, submission, and adjudication for all competitions can be found on the BCPSA website: https://www.bcpsa.ca/contests-and-prizes.
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