Call for Papers

Erika Schmidt Essay Prize: Psychoanalysis in the Clinical, Social and Cultural Worlds

First Prize $5,000.00
Second Prize $1,500.00

During her tenure, the former president of the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, Erika Schmidt, continually sought to advance the ways in which psychoanalytic principles and ideas might serve the needs of the larger world. In this spirit, we solicit papers that illuminate social, cultural and/or clinical issues from a psychoanalytic or interdisciplinary perspective. We are looking for original papers that make use of psychoanalysis to enhance our understanding of some aspect of subjectivity and the social world; that explore the application of psychoanalysis to community or social issues; and/or that explore the relationship between the clinical encounter and larger social trends.

Guidelines for Authors

Papers should:

1. include author’s name, contact information and CV on a single, separate cover page
2. not exceed 25 double-spaced pages
3. include an abstract of 150 – 250 words
4. include a short statement of the argument at the beginning of the paper
5. briefly review the recent literature that is pertinent to the paper, locating the paper within a particular domain of psychoanalytic thought and demonstrating how it makes a new contribution to the literature
6. explain the choice of psychoanalytic concepts/perspective (why is your particular psychoanalytic perspective well-suited to your topic?)
7. anticipate and respond to criticisms or alternative interpretations of your argument
8. take appropriate measures to protect patient anonymity, if applicable9. follow formatting guidelines (below)

Formatting

Papers should:

1. be publication-ready and submitted in a Word document
2. follow the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association style guide with the associated standard citation format: https://journals.sagepub.com/authorinstructions/APA
3. be double-spaced, using only one font (Times New Roman or Arial), throughout. Footnotes should be in the same font as rest the paper, although font size for footnotes may be smaller than the font size for the body of the paper
4. have standardized margins at 1 inch throughout
5. be in English; if English is a second language, please have paper reviewed for grammatical accuracy

Please submit papers in a Word document to: wselene@chicagoanalysis.org
Deadline for submissions is June 1, 2024
Winners will be announced on September 1, 2024
Online colloquium will occur in October, 2024