Section Awards

Awards are also presented by some of ICA's divisions and interest groups. Follow each of these links for more information and submission requirements.


Children, Adolescents and the Media Division


Communication and Technology Division


Communication History Interest Group

  • Top Faculty Paper - The Top Faculty Paper award is bestowed upon the author of the highest-rated faculty paper submitted to the interest group.
  • Top Student Paper - The Top Student Paper award is bestowed upon the author of the highest-rated student paper submitted to the interest group. The award comes with a $500 prize, to be used to offset travel expenses for the ICA conference. (This is a $250 award, and ICA matches the interest group's contribution with a further $250, yielding a total of $500).

Communication Law and Policy Division


Feminist Scholarship Division


Game Studies Interest Group

  • Top Paper Awards - The top three rated papers overall for the division during ICA's annual conference will be recognized with the Top Paper Award.
  • Top Student Paper Award - The top student-rated paper overall in the division will be recognized with the Top Student Paper Award.

Global Communication and Social Change Division


Health Communication Division


Interpersonal Communication Division


Instructional and Developmental Communication Division


Journalism Studies Division


Language & Social Interactin Division

  • Top Paper Award
  • Top Student Paper Award


Mass Communication Division


Organizational Communication Division


Philosophy, Theory and Critique Division

Popular Communication

  • Top Paper Award - Each year, three awards are offered to outstanding paper submissions to the division.
  • Top Student Paper Award - Each year, one award is offered to an outstanding paper submission by a graduate student. Note that when a paper has multiple authors, all authors must be students to be eligible for this award.


Visual Communication Studies

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