{"id":20616,"date":"2025-09-03T11:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/article\/new-2026-awm-mfa-essay-contest\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:04:48","slug":"new-2026-awm-mfa-essay-contest","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/article\/new-2026-awm-mfa-essay-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 AWM\/MfA Essay Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Association for Women in Mathematics and Math for America cosponsor an essay contest each year for students in three categories: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, and Undergraduate. Contestants interview a woman or an individual from an underrepresented gender identity in a mathematical career about their life and work, and then they write and submit a short biographical essay based on their interview (500-1000 words). You can find out more at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/awm-math.org\/awards\/student-essay-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/awm-math.org\/awards\/student-essay-contest\/<\/a>: contest rules, an FAQ, submission instructions, etc.<br><br>Please enter! We&#8217;d love to read your essay (and your friends&#8217; essays, and your siblings&#8217; essays, and&#8230;).&nbsp;<strong>There are no restrictions on the nationality or gender of contestants.<br><br><\/strong>The deadline is&nbsp;<strong>February 1, 2026<\/strong>. Submissions will open on&nbsp;<strong>November 1, 2025<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathprograms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.mathprograms.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/awm-math.org\/awards\/student-essay-contest\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AWM-MfA_Essay_Contest_poster_qr_2026_page-0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AWM-MfA_Essay_Contest_poster_qr_2026_page-0001.jpg 756w, https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AWM-MfA_Essay_Contest_poster_qr_2026_page-0001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>~~~~~<br>Johanna Franklin<br>Professor<br>Department of Mathematics<br>Hofstra University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"template":"","section":[116],"keyword":[],"class_list":["post-20616","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","section-announcement"],"toolset-meta":{"author-4-info":{"author-4-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-4-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"author-3-info":{"author-3-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-3-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"author-2-info":{"author-2-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-2-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"author-info":{"author-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":"Franklin"},"author-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":"Johanna"},"author-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":"Hofstra University"},"author-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"unknown":{"downloadable-pdf":{"type":"file","raw":"","attachment_id":null},"article-toc-weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":"31"},"author-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":"Franklin"},"author-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":"Johanna"}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/20616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/20616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20681,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/20616\/revisions\/20681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=20616"},{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=20616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}