Sport, Leisure, and the Body Division
GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Deadline: 1/31/26
The Sport, Leisure, and the Body Division announces its 2026 Graduate Student Paper Competition. Papers may be empirical and/or theoretical, and may be on any aspect of sport, leisure, and/or the body, broadly construed. The winner will receive a cash award of $150, an electronic certificate of recognition, student membership in SSSP for 2026, and complimentary registration for the 2026 Annual Meeting. One honorable mention will be awarded $50.
To be eligible, a paper must meet the following criteria:
- the applicant must be a graduate student at the time of the SSSP Annual Meeting on August 6-9, 2026;
- the applicant must be the first (lead) author on the paper;
- the paper must not be co-authored with a faculty member or a colleague who is not a student;
- the paper must not have been submitted to or accepted for publication (papers that have been submitted for presentation at a professional meeting are eligible);
- the paper must not exceed 30 pages including notes, references, and tables;
- the paper must be typed using 12-point font in either Times New Roman or Courier;
- student papers may only be submitted to one of the SSSP division award competitions.
- All submitting authors are required to submit their papers through the Annual Meeting Call for Papers process as a condition for consideration for the award.
- In addition, please submit your paper electronically as a Microsoft Word or PDF file addressed to Prof. Sanjay Tewari at sanjay.tewari@yahoo.co.in. Paper submission must be dated (via electronic time/date stamp) on or before 1/30/26.