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
- Amanda Kundrat Health Communication Thesis of the Year Award
- Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award
Interpersonal Communication Division
- John Garrison Memorial Top Student Award
- Award for the Analysis of Interpersonal Communication in Applied Settings
- Top Paper Award
- Outstanding Dissertation Award
- Outstanding Thesis Award
Instructional and Developmental Communication Division
- Top Paper Award - Awarded to the top rated paper during blind review of all conference paper submissions
- Outstanding Dissertation Award
- Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
- Outstanding Thesis Award
Journalism Studies Division
Language & Social Interactin Division
- Top Paper Award
- Top Student Paper Award
Mass Communication Division
- Kyoon Hur Dissertation Award
- Top Faculty Paper Award
- Top Student Paper Award
Organizational Communication Division
Philosophy, Theory and Critique Division
- Taylor & Francis Top Paper
- Top Student Paper
- Second Student Paper
- C. Edwin Baker Award for the Advancement of Scholarship on Media, Markets and Democracy
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
