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The Award Competition Deadline has Past.

PERK will award $75 for the best manuscript in each of 4 categories (1 award per category). If a winning paper has multiple authors, the award check will be made out to the first author. The categories are:

  • Outstanding Undergraduate Empirical Paper

  • Outstanding Undergraduate Theoretical/Literature Review Paper

  • Outstanding Graduate Empirical Paper

  • Outstanding Graduate Theoretical/Literature Review Paper

Papers submitted for the paper competition must also be submitted for presentation at the conference. The deadline for submitting an entry to the paper competition is October 16th. Students must register for the conference and submit their paper online before emailing their papers. Registration includes student membership. Students must also include the name and email address of the faculty member who reviewed and approved your paper prior to submission.

Manuscripts MUST be written in APA format (either the 5th or 6th edition) and saved in Word (either in .doc or .rtf format). Do not "save as" in .docx format. All identifying information, such as author(s) names or name of institution must be removed from the manuscript before submitting.

How to Submit Your Paper:

To submit the manuscript: email your paper to psych@firiends.edu by October 16th.

The subject heading of your email MUST include the following:

  • first author's name, status (graduate or undergraduate), and category (empirical or non-empirical)
    For example, Stephen Davis, graduate, empirical

The body of the email MUST include the following:

  • a statement that by submitting the paper for competition, you have also registered for the PERK conference and are committed to present your paper as either an oral presentation or poster. Finally, DON'T FORGET to submit your presentation online.

  • name and email address of the faculty member who has reviewed and approved your paper submission.

  • Not following these directions can delay your entry.

The paper will then be saved in pdf format and forwarded for judging. Students may download a copy of the paper awards form (below).

PERK Awards Judging Forms:
                Empirical
                Non-Empirical (theoretical/lit review)