2002 Call For Papers
Communication Technology Division

Papers submitted to this competition are classified in one of two categories, debut and open. The open category is for anyone, including faculty, professionals and students, who have presented papers at BEA in previous years. The debut category is applicable only for those authors who have not previously presented a paper at a BEA convention, or been published in a BEA publication. Two papers are traditionally recognized in each category. Prizes of $200 for first place and $100 for second place will be awarded in the Debut category. At least one author of an accepted competitive paper must attend the convention to present the paper.

Entries should not exceed 30 double-spaced pages in length, including references and tables. Please use APA style. Papers must be accompanied by an abstract not to exceed 250 words. All papers must be unpublished at the time of submission, and each paper may only be submitted to one interest division within BEA. The author's name, institution address, phone number and e-mail should appear on the cover page only. The cover page should also have the title of the paper and the division to which the paper is submitted, and whether it is an "open" or "debut" entry. Any papers without such designation will be considered in the open category. The title should be printed on the first page of the paper and on running heads on all subsequent pages. Three copies of the paper must be submitted.

In previous uears, winning papers were posted on the BEA web site. This attempt at further disseminating the materials will be repeated again with the 2002 Convention. Therefore, those who wish to have their paper posted on the site must include a permission form (available at http://www.beaweb.org/bea2002/paperfrm.html) indicating that they permit the posting of their paper on the BEA's web site should it be selected as a winning paper. For multiple authorship, all authors will need to sign the form. Prohibiting web posting will not affect consideration of the paper for convention presentation. Submissions intended to permit web posting must include the standard 3 copies in paper form, as well as an electronic version in Microsoft Word or Rich Text format on a standard 3 1/2" diskette. The file can be in either PC or Macintosh format, but should be the only file contained on the diskette. The complete paper, including the cover page, body, tables, references, etc., must be contained in the one file. Authors who permit their papers to be posted on the BEA web site retain the copyright of their papers and are free to submit them for publication elsewhere. Further, the online posting of their papers does not prohibit subsequent publication in official BEA publications.

Deadline: Papers must be received by the end of business on December 3, 2001. The paper competition chair will acknowledge receipt of all submissions. The division intends to notify authors of the results of the judging by the beginning of February, 2002. All entries should be sent to:

Tom McHardy
MSC 4010
School of Media Arts & Design
James Madison Univeristy
Harrisonburg, VA 22807

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Email: mchardtj@jmu.edu