The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics (JSWVE) and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) are sponsoring a term paper contest. The term papers will be collected by the JSWVE editorial board and judged by ASWB staff.

Details for the contest are listed below.

1. Must have a central theme of social work values or social work ethics
2. Must be written as an MSW or BSW student (student may have graduated)
3. Must be nominated by a faculty member 
4. Must follow the general manuscript submission guidelines found at http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/4/27/
5. Must be in APA citation style
6. Deadline for submission: May 15, 2007
7. Paper must be submitted by e-mail to smarson@nc.rr.com with a copy sent to finnj@u.washington.edu (Students from UNCP must send their entries to finnj@u.washington.edu, while students from University of Washington must send their entries to smarson@nc.rr.com)
8. Winning term papers will be published in The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics
9. Judges will be the staff at the Association of Social Work Boards
10. Judging criteria will include:

• Knowledge of Material
• Relevance of Citations on the Central Theme
• Coverage of the Topic
• Number and Appropriateness of Citations
• Organization – flow of ideas
• Quality of  writing – spelling, grammar, coherence
• Originality of the presentation