The Poverty, Class, and Inequality (PCI) Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) announces its 2013 Student Paper Competition.  The PCI division would like to reward graduate student work that addresses issues related to poverty, class, and inequality.  Papers should be unpublished, original empirical works of professional quality completed during students’ graduate or undergraduate studies.  Papers must be student authored; they can be authored by one or more students, but may not be co-authored with faculty or non-students.  The winner of the competition will receive a small cash award, complimentary annual dues for SSSP, and registration and a banquet ticket for the annual meeting.  Papers should be no more than 30 pages in length, including notes, references, and tables.  Self-nominations are acceptable.  Duplicate submissions to other SSSP student paper award competitions will be disqualified.  Send blind papers, electronically, to: Yvonne Luna, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Northern Arizona University, yvonne.luna@nau.edu and Tracy Peressini, Department of Social Development Studies, Renison University College, University of Waterloo, tperessini@uwaterloo.ca.  Please specify that you are submitting a paper for the Poverty, Class, and Inequality Division Student Paper Competition and include a cover and nomination letter including the students contact information.