The Educational Problems Division announces its 2013 Graduate Student Paper Competition.  Papers must address a contemporary educational problem and may be empirical or theoretical in nature.  Authors must be current graduate students or recent graduates with conferral dates no earlier than January 2013.  Only unpublished, single-author papers will be considered.  Papers must not exceed 30 double-spaced pages (excluding notes, references, tables and figures).  All papers must include a 150-200 word abstract and be prepared for anonymous review with the author’s name and institutional affiliation appearing only on the title page.  Winners will receive a small stipend, student membership in the SSSP, conference registration to the 2013 SSSP annual meeting, and a complimentary ticket to the awards banquet at which all winners will be recognized.  The recipient will also have the opportunity to present the paper at the 2013 SSSP conference held in New York, NY.  All papers must be submitted electronically (as an attachment) to the Division Chair, Dr. Leslie R. Hinkson at lrh27@georgetown.edu, with subject line: SSSP-Edu. Probs. Div. Student Paper Competition.  Please include your name, institutional affiliation and contact information in the body of your email.  The paper should be submitted no later than 11:59pm (EST), January 31, 2013.