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In anticipation of Women’s History Month (March), during February each year Women’s & Gender Studies hosts the annual UWM Student Research Paper & Project Contest.

Undergraduate or graduate research papers or projects having to do with women, gender, sexuality, feminism or feminist thinking which were completed for UWinteriM, Spring, Summer, or Fall 2022 courses at UWM are eligible for entry. Prizes will be awarded in the following four categories:

• Undergraduate Research Paper: This paper, a minimum of five, double-spaced, typed pages, must demonstrate original thinking and critical engagement with the use of primary and/or secondary sources. (Book reports will not be accepted.)
• Undergraduate Project: Projects could include, for example, an individual piece or portfolio of artwork, video production, curriculum design, musical composition, architectural or engineering design, original literary piece such as a poem or short story, or essay based primarily on personal or autobiographical reflection. Submit your project in a digital format that shows it best to the review committee. You may take photographs, videos, or any other transmissible digital format.
• Graduate Research Paper: This paper, approximately 10-20 double-spaced, typed pages will likely utilize primary sources such as documents, statistical data, or interviews in an original research project written for a graduate course or seminar, or in an independent study.
• Graduate Project: Projects could include, for example, an individual piece or portfolio of artwork, video production, curriculum design, musical composition, architectural or engineering design, or original literary piece such as a poem or short story. Projects should demonstrate a professional level of expertise. Submit your project in a digital format that shows it best to the review committee. You may take photographs, videos, or any other transmissible digital format.

Submission guidelines:

• Written work must be typed, double-spaced, with a one inch margin: all pages should be numbered consecutively (including the bibliography). Your name should not appear anywhere on your paper or your abstract.
• All projects should be presented in as professional a manner as possible
• The paper or project submitted for consideration may be a revision of the original submitted for the course.

All entries are judged anonymously, and all judges’ decisions are final.