Category Archives: Calls for papers

2022 SHA Creative Prose Contest is NOW OPEN

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Julia Offen

We look forward to reading your stories! Call for Submissions

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Anthropology & Humanism Call for Proposals

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Julia Offen

Anthropology & Humanism invites proposals for thematic special sections to appear in or after the December 2022 issue. Proposals should include a description of the thematic section; an explanation for why it is a good fit for Anthropology & Humanism; and a collection … Continue reading →

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Anthropology & Humanism Special Call for Submissions

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Julia Offen

Anthropology & Humanism invites essays, articles, creative prose, and poetry from anthropologists and other ethnographers on the theme of “Writing Ethnographically During a Pandemic.” How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted your ethnographic research and writing?  Our normal word limit is … Continue reading →

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The 2021 SHA Presidents Awards for Student Writing competitions are now open!

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Julia Offen

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA) invites submissions to our competitions for student writing: the 2021 SHA Presidents Award for Graduate Student Writing, and the 2021 SHA Presidents Award for Undergraduate Student Writing. More information may be found here. Submission … Continue reading →

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Call for Submissions: 2021 Creative Ethnographic Prose

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Julia Offen

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology is excited to announce the opening of our annual Creative Ethnographic Prose writing competition. Our 2021 deadline is June 1. All details can be found here. We look forward to reading your work!

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2019 SHA Ethnographic Poetry Competition

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Justin Shaffner

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology announces our annual poetry competition as a means to encourage scholars to use alternative literary genres to explore anthropological concerns. These concerns may be any of those associated with any of the five fields of … Continue reading →

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2019 Call for Submissions: Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Justin Shaffner

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA) announces the annual juried competition for the Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing. The late Victor Turner devoted his career to seeking an accessible language that would reopen anthropology to the human subject, and … Continue reading →

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Call for Submissions: Society for Humanistic Anthropology 2019 Ethnographic Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Competition

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Justin Shaffner

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology is pleased to announce that we are opening our annual writing contest for Ethnographic Fiction and Creative Nonfiction. We celebrate the use of creative literary prose genres to explore anthropological concerns, and we encourage you … Continue reading →

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Submission deadlines extended for SHA poetry and prose competitions

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Nicole Peterson

Still writing? Summer bringing out your muse? We’ve extended the deadlines for the SHA poetry (July 1) and prose (July 2) competitions. Submit something today! Or next month!  

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Call for Submissions: Society for Humanistic Anthropology 2018 Ethnographic Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Competition

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Nicole Peterson

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology is pleased to announce that we are opening our annual writing contest for Ethnographic Fiction and Creative Nonfiction. We celebrate the use of creative literary prose genres to explore anthropological concerns, and we encourage you … Continue reading →

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