[cmath] 2024 AWM/MfA Essay Contest

[Johanna N. Franklin]

The Association for Women in Mathematics and Math for America cosponsor an essay contest each year for students in three categories: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, and Undergraduate. Contestants interview a woman in a mathematical career about her life and work, and then they write and submit a short biographical essay based on their interview (500-1000 words). You can find out more at https://awm-math.org/awards/student-essay-contest/: contest rules, an FAQ, submission instructions, etc.

If you are a student in one of these categories: We'd love to read your essay (and your friends' essays, and your siblings' essays, and...). Please enter!

If you know a student in one of these categories: We'd love to read their essay (and their friends' essays, and their siblings' essays, and...). Please encourage them to enter!

If you're a woman working in/retired from a mathematical career: Please share this with the students you know, and if you would be willing to be interviewed yourself, fill out the Google Form at the bottom of the website mentioned above. This would require a time commitment of about an hour.

If you're a mathematically inclined professional: Please share this with the students you know! If you're interested in serving as a judge for some of the essays, please contact me. This would require a time commitment of a couple of hours in February.

The deadline is February 1, 2024. Submissions will open on December 1, but of course students can conduct their interviews and write their essays before that -- we know it can be hard to interview a mathematician and write an essay over the holidays.

Thank you for reading, and please contact me with any questions you have! I'm happy to send you a text blurb to e-mail out or a flyer.

~Johanna Franklin
AWM Essay Contest Committee Chair

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Johanna Franklin
Professor
Department of Mathematics
Hofstra University
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