AEJMC

This is no April Fools — today is the paper competition deadline! Submission deadline: Wednesday, April 1 at 11:59 PM Central. Please check your local time zone before submitting. Use this page’s resources for a successful submission, and contact us with any questions!

Paper Competition Make plans to attend the 2026 AEJMC Conference at the New Orleans Marriott August 5-8 in the beautiful city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Pre-conference day is Tuesday, August 4.

Thinking of submitting to the AEJMC 2026 Paper Competition? Awesome! The deadline is this Wednesday, April 1 at 11:59 pm CDT.

See the info & resources below to ensure a successful submission & reach out if you have questions. We are here to assist and support!

Paper Competition

Faculty and students are invited to submit original research for the 2026 AEJMC Conference Paper Competition. All peer-reviewed research must be submitted to any of our divisions, interest groups or commissions via the AEJMC Paper Competition Submission Site. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, April 1 at 11:59 p.m. CDT.
https://www.aejmc.org/aejmc-events/conference/paper-competition

AEJMC member and non-member paper submitters are encouraged to read the instructions below before heading to the Paper Competition Submission Site for an easier paper submission experience.

Please visit the Conference Paper Competition page to read the uniform and research-in-progress paper calls; view the division, interest group, and commission paper calls; review AEJMC's AI policy; see the submission instructions; take the "Where Should I Submit My Research" Quiz, and importantly read the guidelines of How to Choose the Right Division, Commission or Interest Group (DIG) to Submit Research for the Annual AEJMC Paper Competition. All of these resources may be found here and we highly encourage you to review them to ensure a successful submission: https://www.aejmc.org/aejmc-events/conference/paper-competition

Please note that AEJMC is no longer using the All-Academic platform. The AEJMC Annual Paper Competition is now administered through the AEJMC Community. We anticipate that this transition will provide a seamless and user-friendly experience for all participants. If you have any questions, please contact Saviela, our Membership Coordinator, or refer to the instructions here.

Language Requirement:
As you prepare your submission, we ask that all account information and paper materials be provided in English. This helps ensure that your work can be reviewed fully and fairly by our reviewer community. We also want to acknowledge and appreciate our international scholars—your contributions are vital to AEJMC, and we recognize the additional effort this may require. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if we can support you in the process.

After you have reviewed all of the resources at the paper competition page, please visit the paper competition site to log in and submit:
https://aejmc.secure-platform.com/site

We encourage you to login now to be sure you are able to successfully get in and have time to ask questions if needed!

Happy submitting! We hope to see you in New Orleans this August!
https://www.aejmc.org/aejmc-events/conference

Conference Make plans to attend the 2026 AEJMC Conference at the New Orleans Marriott August 5-8 in the beautiful city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Pre-conference day is Tuesday, August 4.

André K. Rodarte, Southern Denmark, has been selected as the recipient of the AEJMC 2026 Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award for his dissertation, "The Politics of Social Media Narratives: Representation and Ideology in Brazil’s Mediatized Politics." Congrats!

Dhavan Shah, Wisconsin-Madison, has been selected as the recipient of the AEJMC 2026 Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research. Congrats!

Happening now at the AEJMC 2026 Southeast Colloquium - "Trust Kits for Journalism Educators" with Joy Mayer, founder and executive director Trusting News and Patrick Johnson, Marquette.