(Editor’s note: I am a copy editor at JSWVE)
The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics (JSWVE) is sponsoring a term paper contest.
The term papers will be collected by the JSWVE editorial board and judged by a board of professionals not associated with JSWVE. Winning papers will be published in the Fall 2015 issue of the Journal.
Details for the contest are:
- Must have a central theme of social work values or social work ethics
- Must be written as an MSW or BSW student (student may have graduated)
- Must be nominated by a faculty member (the nominating professor’s name will be published)
- Must follow the general manuscript submission guidelines found at
http://www.jswve.org/images/PDFs/jswvemanuscriptformat1207.pdf - Must be in APA citation style (except NO headers, NO footers, and NO page numbers)
- Deadline for submission: May 15, 2015
- Paper must be submitted by email to smarson@nc.rr.com with a copy sent to
donnadanddennisv@gmail.com - Winning term papers will be published in The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics in the fall
issues of 2015. - Judges will be professionals who are NOT associated with the JSWVE editorial board
Judging criteria will include:
- Demonstration of Critical Thinking
- Relevance to Theme of Social Work Values and Ethics
- Relevance and Interest of Essay to Social Work Students, Practitioners, and/or Academics
- Coverage of the Topic
- Use of Relevant, Scholarly Citations
- Coherence (flow of ideas)
- Quality of Writing (literary competence, spelling, grammar, organization)
- Originality (of topic, ideas, and/or arguments)
Karen Zgoda, LMSW 