Submission Guidelines
Proposals should take the form of a single Word document. For full consideration, applications must send the following materials before the established deadline:
1. A cover sheet with the applicant’s name, status/rank/institutional affiliation (if applicable), mailing address, telephone number, and email.
2. A personal statement (of no more than 1,000 words) that includes the following:
- A brief autobiographical description that indicates the applicant’s minority status.
- The title of the paper that will be presented at ChLA.
- A description of how the applicant’s paper/presentation addresses matters of diversity, equity, and/or inclusion.
- A brief description of how the applicant’s broader scholarship and/or teaching address issues of diversity in the field of children’s and young adult literature.
- A statement of how the applicant will benefit from attending the conference.
- A statement describing other sources of funding, if any, that will support the applicant’s trip.
3. An abbreviated 1-2 page CV.