2027 Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Annual Conference
June 3 – 5, 2027
Fully Online
Registration
Randy Martin Prize: Call for Nominations and Applications
DEADLINE: May 1, 2027
Every year the Cultural Studies Association awards the Randy Martin Prize for Best Student Paper at the annual CSA conference. Competition for the 2026 Randy Martin Prize is now open to student members of the Cultural Studies Association who have had papers accepted for the 2026 annual meeting. The winner will be announced at the annual meeting of the Cultural Studies Association, on June 4, 2027.
The Randy Martin Prize includes a certificate and $500.00 in cash, plus free conference registration. The winning paper may deal with any aspect of cultural studies, but should reflect the robust interdisciplinary perspective and historical materialist approach so central to the scholarship of the late Randy Martin. The paper must also represent original work not previously presented or published. The winning author must be a member of the Association. Conference attendance and presentation of the paper in your session is mandatory to accept the prize.
Submissions for 2027
Applications materials must reach the CSA by May 1, 2026 by email to: admin@culturalstudiesassociation.org with the subject line “APPLICATION: RANDY MARTIN PRIZE”.
Applications will not be accepted by mail.
Each application should be in the form of a single PDF and include the following:
- A cover letter with author’s name, institutional affiliation, paper title (as it will appear on the conference program schedule), and contact information;
- A copy of the email or letter notifying the candidate that their paper has been accepted for inclusion in the 2022 CSA Conference Program Schedule; and
- The paper, which should be 10-12 type written pages or about 3,500 words, including citations and notes.
Contributions other than traditional conference papers are also welcome. For proof of student status, applicants should send a copy of their student ID, a link to a university web page listing them as a student, or some other proof that they are a current student as well as confirmation of the student’s membership & registration with intent of attending the annual CSA conference to Michelle Fehsenfeld: admin@culturalstudiesassociation.org,
Late Applications will not be accepted.
The winner will be announced during the annual meeting and must be present to accept the award.
If you have any questions, please email Michelle Fehsenfeld at admin@culturalstudiesassociation.org
Award Winners
- Sammy Roth, Anti-War Military Performance?: The Union Barrack-Ades Volunteerism in the Ohio Valley Region and Beyond, 2026
- Josh Widera, 21st century sandwichmen: Bicycle couriers as human billboards, 2025
- Kathryn Waring, (Un)Becoming Citizens: On Power, Representation, & the Need to Embrace Disability in Cultural Studies, 2024
- Molly Henderson, Figuring the Unborn: Cross-Contamination in Environmental and Anti-Abortion Politics, 2023
- Sara Wenger, Fem(inist)Bots: Reimagining the Science of Sextech, 2022
- Larissa Izzaray, Alter Egoing: Negotiating Bodily Sovereignty in Dirty Computer, 2021