Excellence in Writing Awards The Excellence in Writing Award is designed to stimulate scholarly writing by the members of the Mid-East Region of the WOCN. The following guidelines apply to the awards:
The author(s) must be a member of the Mid-East Region of the WOCN.
Manuscripts must be 500 words or more, and the manuscripts must have been published.
Manuscripts must be related to the specialty of WOC Nursing practice, and the focus can be from an educational, clinical, administrative, economic, research, or legislative point of view.
The manuscripts will be subject to blind review by the Excellence in Writing Committee. The Committee will make final decisions on award(s).
Date of consideration of manuscript will be publication July 1 - June 30 each year.
Example: Publication March/April of 2009 - eligible for 2009 award. Publication August, 2009 - eligible for 2010 award. 6. Authors may submit their own published articles for this award.
All manuscripts received by the chairperson will be acknowledged.
Mid-East Region Nurse Researcher Award
The Mid-East WOCN Nurse Researcher Award will honor an individual or group who completed a nursing research study that focused on wound, ostomy, or continence care and disseminated the results through presentation or publication. $300 will be awarded to the recipient. Susan Maditz, Research Committee Chair
