Paper of the Year

• There will be two divisions, creative and research.
• All papers will be typed, double-spaced in 12-point font with one-inch margins.
• The copy of the paper submitted to the Library will become the property of the Library, like a book donation. The student will retain ownership of the intellectual content.
• There will be monetary prizes for each category.
• The monetary prize amounts will be determined annually by the number of entrants and by the Library Advisory Committee.
• There will be a limit of two submissions per semester per applicant.
• The papers must have been written for a class at LCC and completed within the past academic year, March 14 to March 15. This will enable us to get the end of the year papers.
• The deadline for submissions is March 1st.
• The awards will be presented at the annual awards assembly.
• The committee reserves the right not to give an award every year.
• No one with a degree above the Associate’s level may submit a research paper. Our assumption is that anyone above Associates level will have done research papers.
• The submitter must be enrolled at Labette Community College when the paper is submitted.
• The entries may be judged according to the LCC ACADEMIC HONESTY REQUIREMENTS (Procedure 3.07).
• The papers will be coded by the Library Director before being submitted to the committee members.
• The names of the winners will not be revealed until the Awards Assembly.

Reference Papers

• The paper must be for a Labette Community College class.
• A variety of sources should be used with only 10% being from the Internet. Electronic periodical databases (i.e. ProQuest, InfoTrac, etc.) will be excluded from the 10% limitation.
• Citations of sources are required for the research division paper.
• Research papers must be a minimum of four pages in length including work cited.
• The style guide used will be the one requested by the instructor of the course.
• A rubric will be used by the Committee in determining the winner for this category.

Creative Papers

• There will be no minimum length but the maximum length for creative paper submissions will be 7500 words.

1. Applicant submits paper to contest.
2. If necessary, the paper will be judged by an ad hoc subcommittee of 3-4 members, who will then decide on 5 finalists for each category, research and creative. These finalists will then be passed on to the entire Library Committee for consideration.
3. Library Committee members vote for Paper of the Year by ranking the five finalists.
4. The Library Director tallies the votes.
5. The winners and finalists are announced at the annual Awards Assembly.