This section publishes a journal, awards several prizes for outstanding work in foodways, and sponsors sessions on foodways at the AFS annual meeting. For more information, please contact section conveners Eve Jochnowitz (New York University) and LuAnne Roth (University of Missouri).

Digest

Digest: An Interdisciplinary Study of Food and Foodways was re-launched in September 2012 as an online journal. Devoted to publishing work that explores aspects of food, culture and identity, the journal includes peer-reviewed articles, as well as non-reviewed ethnographic research reports, creative pieces, recipes, archival materials and book reviews, related to foodways and culture.

How to submit:

* Save your original, unpublished essay (from 1,500 to 9,000 words) as a Word document and attach it to your e-mail. Include the essay title, your full name, postal address, phone number, and e-mail address. Type "Foodways Essay Contest" in the subject description of the e-mail and send the submission to LuAnne Roth at rothl@missouri.edu.

* All entries must be received by September 1.

* Entries will be judged according to the following criteria: Sensitivity to the people and culture being described; depth of analysis into the food tradition; ability to engage the reader; and quality of writing.

* Supporting photos (in .jpg or .gif format) are welcome.

* The journal Digest reserves first-time Worldwide Electronic rights for winning submissions and the right to reprint the paper in a future publication. The writer may republish the unedited submission as desired six months after initial publication in Digest.

* Winners will be notified by e-mail in October.

Contest Terms:

* Submissions should be previously unpublished, either in print or on the Web.

* Decisions of the judges are final.

* The Foodways Section is not responsible for late, lost, incomplete, or illegible e-mail or for any computer-related, online, or technical malfunctions that may occur in the submission process.

* Submissions are considered void if illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error, or obtained through fraud or theft.

* The winner will be paid by check.

* Federal, state, and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the contest winners.

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