Broadcast Education Association
BEA2002
Call for Papers
BEA News Division (& other BEA divisions)

Broadcast Education Association
47th Annual Convention, April 5-8, 2002

The Broadcast Education Association invites scholarly papers from academics, students and professionals for presentation at its annual convention, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Paper competitions are conducted by each of BEA's Interest Divisions. Each division selects up to four papers for presentation. In addition, a few papers are selected by divisions for inclusion in a Scholar-to-Scholar (poster) session.

Papers are submitted directly to the relevant divisions as either "Debut" or "Open" papers. Be sure to indicate any A/V requirements on the title page of all competitive papers. First and second place winners in Debut categories receive $200 and $100 to help defray their costs of attending the convention. The Debut category is open only to those who have never previously presented a paper at a BEA Convention.

The BEA2002 convention theme is BEA 2002: The Future Is Now. The theme is intended as a focus for the convention, but does not imply that competitive papers must reflect that theme.

Submission Requirements
Papers should not exceed 30 double-spaced pages in length, including references and tables. Use APA style or a style suited to the discipline. Papers must be accompanied by an abstract not to exceed 250 words. The same paper cannot be submitted to more than one division during the same year. 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, any A/V requirements, 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 paper submissions are required.

Web Posting
If authors permit it, winning papers will be posted on the BEA web site. Authors who wish to have their paper posted on the site must include the permission form available at http://www.beaweb.org/bea2002/paperfrm.html indicating that they permit the posting of their paper on the BEA 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 should be contained in one file containing the cover page, body, tables, references, etc. All parts of the papers 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.

Convention Attendance
At least one author of an accepted competitive paper must attend the convention to present the paper.

Deadlines
Three copies of paper submissions (with web-posting permission form and electronic version on diskette if web posting is permitted) should be sent to the appropriate division. Papers must be received by the division by November 30, 2001. Winners will be notified by January 28, 2002.

Send BEA News Division paper entries to:
(Consult the BEA web site www.beaweb.org if you are interested in contact information for another division.)

BEA 2001
News Division Paper Competition Chair
John Mack Dempsey
University of North Texas
Department of Journalism
1401 Heather Lane
Denton, Texas, 76209

Office: 940-369-7446 dempsey@unt.edu