The 2008 Ralph Roughton Paper Award

The Committee on Gay & Lesbian Issues

of the American Psychoanalytic Association
Announces



The 2008 Ralph Roughton Paper Award





In honor of the founding Chairperson of the Committee on Gay and Lesbian Issues, the Ralph Roughton Paper Award was established in 1998 to give formal recognition for outstanding contributions to the psychoanalytic understanding of gay men and lesbians, and was expanded in 2007 to include bisexual and transgender issues. The award is intended to encourage psychoanalytic writers to address gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues and to increase awareness and understanding within the psychoanalytic community. The award is presented annually, and carries with it a cash prize of $500.



The winning author will be invited to present his/her paper at the 2009 Winter Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association in January.

The winner may submit the paper for review by Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and, if accepted, it will be published as the winner of the Ralph Roughton Award.



Submission Guidelines: Papers must be unpublished (but may have been presented at professional meetings) and must conform to the Preparation of Manuscript guidelines outlined by Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, with the exception that the length should not exceed 30 double-spaced typed pages. Paper submissions are welcome from anyone regardless of institutional affiliation.



Entries must be submitted electronically no later than August 1, 2008.
Email one Word document containing the manuscript with all references to the author deleted, and email another Word document containing the author's name, e-mail address, address, phone number, and any Institutional affiliation to:



Gary Grossman, Ph.D.

Chair, Ralph Roughton Paper Prize

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