As part of our series of new initiatives, SAC is introducing two student paper prizes to be awarded annually for winning submissions in the following areas:
The Octavia Butler/Ursula K. LeGuin Award is for a student work of literary fiction that uses anthropological elements to envision a better world for all, or that seeks to change consciousness regarding any of the manifold problems plaguing the current one.
The Stephan A. Schwartz Award is for a student paper that contributes significant perspective/research to the discussion of the immaterial, or nonlocal aspects or “origins” of consciousness.