2025 Women of Color Caucus Frontiers Student Essay Award

The National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) in partnership with Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies invites paper submissions for the annual NWSA Women of Color Caucus-Frontiers Student Essay Award.

The purpose of this award is to discover, encourage, and promote the intellectual development of emerging scholars who engage in critical theoretical discussions and/or analyses about feminist/womanist issues concerning women and girls of color in the United States and diasporas.

One (1) annual $500 award is available for a Woman or Non-Binary Person of Color who is a current graduate student and member of NWSA. The prize-winning essay will automatically be considered for publication in Frontiers. All essays are subject to the Frontiers peer review process. If winning essays are accepted for publication, additional revisions may be required.

Please review our full submission guidelines and parameters here. We highly encourage you to explore the rich scholarship published by our colleagues at Frontiers!

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* 1. Name (first and last)

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* 2. Please share your pronouns (eg: e(y)/em, he/him, per/per, she/her, they/them, ze/hir, etc.)

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* 3. Please share your institutional/organizational affiliation:

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* 4. Preferred Email Address

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* 5. Please provide proof of your active NWSA Membership.

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* 6. Provide a brief statement about how this award will help support you financially

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* 7. Provide an abstract (approximately 600-1000 words) of your work in progress

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* 8. How would you describe your candidacy?

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* 9. Major Area of Study

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* 10. Upload CV

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* 11. Upload Manuscript

Upload original manuscript, not previously published in whole or in part (whether online or in print) or under consideration for publication or another award. Manuscript must be word-processed and should not exceed 14,000 words. The title page should include the applicant's name, address, email address, college or university affiliation, and student status (graduate or eligible post graduate) in the top right corner. No other identification information should appear in the manuscript. Citations should follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, with "humanities style" endnotes. Source information is provided only through numbered endnotes. This information is not given in parentheses or in a bibliography

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* 12. Please provide the name and email of your Professional Reference; recommendation letters must be sent to nationaloffice@nwsa.org with the subject: "Women of Color Caucus Frontiers Student Essay Award | Recommendation Letter" by the submission deadline.