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Kenneth W. Payne Student Prize
for Outstanding Anthropological Scholarship by a Student
on a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgendered Topic
Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists

The Kenneth W. Payne Student Prize is presented each year by the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists to a student in acknowledgement of outstanding work on a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered topic in anthropology. Published papers will not be accepted. Submissions are encouraged from graduate students in any of the four fields of anthropology.

Criteria for the Award:

• Use of relevant l/g/b/t/q anthropological theory and literature;
• Potential for contribution to and advancement of queer studies and our understanding of sexualities worldwide;
• Attention to difference (gender, class, race, ethnicity, nation);
• Originality;
• Organization and coherence; and
• Timeliness.

Check out the SOLGA website: http://www.uvm.edu/~dlrh/solga/ for further information.

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