HOW TO SUBMIT

Committee Chairs, Section Chairs, and other participants are encouraged to nominate papers for award consideration. The following guidelines are to be noted by persons submitting work:

1. With the exception of the PRQ Award, no previously published material is to be submitted.

2. Review processes for each award are conducted by award committees consisting of at least three political scientists. The review process is anonymous.

3. WPSA awards carry monetary prizes determined by the Executive Council, or, in the case of the PRQ award, determined by the PRQ Editors.

4. As part of the long-standing commitment of the Association to have the Political Research Quarterly reflect the intellectual strengths of the organization, WPSA paper award winners are provided with an enhanced opportunity to seek publication of the paper in PRQ. Papers receiving WPSA awards will be offered the opportunity of an expedited review. If, after the first review, an award winning paper does not meet the normal publication standards as determined by the editor(s), at least one opportunity to revise and resubmit will be provided to the author(s). There is no guarantee that papers will be published, but the editors will make every effort to work with authors to bring manuscripts to the level required by the normal peer review process. Papers must be submitted through the web-based submission system within six months of receipt of the award.

5. Winners of the Awards are announced at the Annual Meeting of the WPSA.

Where to Submit

Please send award submissions to the individuals listed below by the deadline noted. No previously published material may be submitted.

Asian Pacific American and Politics Award
Chair: Fan Lu
Queens University
Deadline: June 15, 2023
fan.lu@queensu.ca

Betty Nesvold Women and Politics Award
Chair: Kathryn Perkins [to be confirmed]
California State University
Deadline: June 15, 2023
Kathryn.perkins@csulb.edu

Betty Moulds Lifetime Service Award
Chair: Gary Segura
UCLA
segura@luskin.ucla.edu

Blacks and Politics Best Paper Award
Chair: Natasha Alteema McNeely
University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
Deadline: June 15, 2023
natasha.altema@utrgv.edu

Charles Redd Politics of the american West Award
Chair: Diego Esparza
University of North Texas
Deadline: June 15, 2023
diego.esparza@unt.edu

Clay Morgan Book Award: (Click here for Award Description)
Chair: TBA
Deadline: August 1, 2023

Dissertation Award:
Chair: Kathy Walker
University of Saskatchewan
Deadline: October 15, 2023
kathy.walker@usask.ca

Don T. Nakanishi Award for Distinguished Scholarship and Service in Asian Pacific American Politics:
Chair: Andrew Aoki
Augsburg University
Deadline: June 15, 2023
aoki@augsburg.edu

Environmental Political Theory Award
Chair: TBA
Deadline: June 15, 2023

Latino/Latina Politics Best Paper Award
Chair: Kenneth Fernandez
College of Southern Nevada
Deadline: June 15, 2023
kenneth.fernandez@csn.edu

William E. Connolly Award (Political Theory)
Chair: Char Roone Miller
George Mason University
Deadline: June 15, 2023
cmillerd@gmu.edu

Political Research Quarterly Best Article Award:
Chair: David Cortez
University of Notre Dame
dcortez@nd.edu

Politics, Groups and Identities Best Article Award:
Chair: Jennifer Hayes Clark
University of Houston
jclar2@central.uh.edu

WPSA Best Paper Award:
Chair: David Leal
University of Texas at Austin
Deadline: June 15, 2023
dleal@austin.utexas.edu