Submission must be received by September 10, 2010.

General Information: The Georgia Educational Research Association is again participating in the Distinguished Paper Session sponsored by the State and Regional Educational Research Associations, a Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association. Participation requires state and regional associations to select a distinguished paper that reflects the high quality of research presented at state and regional conferences. The GERA, 2010, winning paper is guaranteed a slot at a SRERA session at the Annual AERA, 2011 Conference.

PLEASE NOTE: Papers submitted for the competition must also be separately submitted for presentation at the GERA Fall, 2010, Meeting.

Eligibility: Registration for the GERA, 2010, Meeting is required. The author will present the winning paper at the GERA, 2010, Meeting and at the AERA, 2011, Meeting to be held in TBA. Papers may have more than one author. Individuals may be first author on only one paper being considered for this award.

Criteria: Criteria for selecting a winning paper will be the same as used by reviewers of various scholarly journals publishing articles related to educational research. A wide variety of topics and research methods pertaining to educational research are appropriate for this competition. As a rule, papers do not generally exceed 30 pages (including references, tables, figures, etc.) and must follow APA style.

Application Procedure: To enter the competition, send an electronic copy of your paper as an attachment in Microsoft Word document format to: Dr. Margie Yates, myates@lagrange.edu

Submission must be received by September 10, 2010.

Include on the cover page the following statement: "Submitted for GERA Distinguished Paper Award."