Society for the Study of Social Problems

All graduate students are encouraged to apply for the annual Youth, Aging, and the Life Course Division Graduate Student Paper Award Competition. Papers should be able to contribute broadly to the sociology of youth, the sociology of aging, or the sociology of the life course. Up to two awards will be made, and the winner(s) will receive a monetary prize. Winner(s) also will receive student membership in SSSP for one year, 2008 conference registration, and a complimentary ticket to the 2008 SSSP awards banquet in Boston, MA, where the award will be made. To be eligible, the paper must meet the following criteria: 1) the paper must have been completed between January 2007 and January 2008; 2) the paper must not have been accepted for publication (papers submitted for publication are eligible, as long as they are not already accepted; papers based on theses and dissertations are eligible as well); 3) all authors of the paper must be graduate students and the student who submits the paper must be first author; 4) the paper must be no longer than 30 double-spaced pages, including all notes, references, and tables; and 5) the author of the winning paper must be ready to present this paper at the 2008 SSSP meeting. To be considered for this award, graduate students should submit their papers electronically to the Chair of the Youth, Aging, and the Life Course Division. Email two copies of the paper (i.e., one blind copy and one copy that includes a title page with all contact information), along with a brief letter of submission confirming your graduate student status, to Heather Dillaway, Division Chair,