Forwarded by Jeremy Butler, for more information contact the persons noted below. -------original message--------- THE KATHERINE S. KOVACS BOOK AND ESSAY AWARDS At the 1998 annual meeting of SCS two KATHERINE SINGER KOVACS awards for outstanding scholarship in film and media studies will be announced. One award of $1500 will be given to the author(s) of an outstanding book (anthologies are not eligible). Another award of $500 will be given for an outstanding essay (not to exceed 20,000 words) published in a journal. Certificates of citation will also be awarded to winners in both categories. Books and articles must be published in English during the 1995-1996 or 1996-1997 academic years and should be original works that significantly advance scholarship and thinking in the field either by opening up new lines of inquiry or by consolidating existing ones at a high level of accomplishment. Publishers and journal editors are invited to nominate books and essays, but individual SCS members should feel free either to submit copies of books or articles directly or to urge their publisher or editor to do so. BOOK AWARD: Send one copy of the book directly to each of the members of the Book Award Committee: Ron Gottesman Chair, KS Kovacs Book Award Committee LAS Humanities/English Mark Taper Hall University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211 (for information: [log in to unmask]; fax: 310/450-6788 Eileen Bowser 23 Bank Street New York, NY 10014 David Desser Unit for Cinema Studies/University of Illinois 2111 FLB/707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 ESSAY AWARD: Send one copy of the essay directly to each of the members of the Essay Award Committee: Marsha Kinder Chair, KS Kovacs Writing Award Committee School Cinema/Television Division of Critical Studies University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211 (for information: [log in to unmask]; fax: 213/876-7678) Robert Eberwein 379 W. Frank Birmingham, MI 48009 Lauren Rabinovitz Dept. of Communication University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fifteenth Annual SCS Dissertation Award The Dissertation Award Committee of the Society for Cinema Studies invites submissions for its fifteenth annual award which carres a cash prize of $1,000. Candidates for the award must be members of SCS and must have completed their dissertations and received their doctoral degrees between October 1, 1996 and September 30, 1997. Dissertations of any length that deal with any cinema, television, or video topic will be considered. Criteria for judging include clarity and strength of argumentation, quality and originality of scholarship and research, organization and coherence, prose style, and contribution to the understanding of the field of film, television, or video studies. Deadline for receipt of the dissertation is October 17, 1997. Judges will conduct a preliminary screening and will promptly return dissertations not selected as finalists. The winner and alternates (if any) will be announced in the spring. The award will be presented at the 1998 SCS Conference in San Diego. Copies of the dissertation should be sent directly to each of the three judges of the dissertation committee, together with stamped, self-addressed envelopes so that copies can be returned. Susan White Chair, SCS Dissertation Award Committee 2800 East Adams St. Tucson, AZ 85716-3534 Stephen Prince Dept. of Comm. Studies 11 Agnew Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 Chris Straayer NYU Cinema Studies 721 Broadway, Rm. 601 New York, NY 10003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCS STUDENT WRITING AWARD GUIDELINES: The Society for Cinema Studies Award for Scholarly Writing recognizes students who show outstanding ability in the fields of film and television scholarship. Cash awards of $250, $150, and $100 are made to the winners, and the essay receiving first place is published in _Cinema Journal_. All entrants must be enrolled in a recognized course in film and/or television studies at the time of submission of their papers and must be members of SCS. Essays prepared by students to fulfill the requirments of courses may be submitted. An essay will not be accepted, however, if it has been previously published or issued in any form of general distribution. Each student may enter only one essay. All submissions must be double-spaced, typewritten on 8 1/2 x 11" paper, and should not exceed 7,500 words. It is recommended that entrants submit double-sided copies of their essays. Deadline for receipt of three copies of student essays by the committee chair is November 14, 1997. To maintain the anonymity of the entrant, the author's name should not appear on or in the essay. The following information should appear on a separate sheet: author's name and address, essay title, and identification of particular course of study being pursued. Send three copies as outlined above to: Jon Lewis Chair, SCS Student Writing Award Committee English Department Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331 ---- Jeremy Butler [log in to unmask] ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/ScreenSite Telecommunication & Film/University of Alabama/Tuscaloosa ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.