Call for Submissions: 2026 Robert M. Netting Prize

The Culture and Agriculture section of the American Anthropological Association is soliciting paper submissions from graduate students for the 2026 Robert M. Netting Prize. The winner will receive a $1,000 prize and mentorship from the Co-Editors of Culture, Agriculture, Food, & Environment (CAFE) journal, with the goal of revising the paper for publication in CAFE.

 Submissions should draw on relevant theory and scholarship from any subfield of anthropology, and present data from original research related to livelihoods based on either crop, livestock, forestry, or fisheries production or any broader systems of management linked to agricultural and environmental resources.

Papers are limited to a maximum of 6,500 words, exclusive of appendices and references, and should follow the American Anthropologist format style. Papers already published or accepted for publication are not eligible. Only one submission is allowed per author. Those submitting papers need not be members of the American Anthropological Association but must be students enrolled in a graduate program in Anthropology or closely related field. Students who graduated in Spring 2026 are eligible.

The submission deadline is September 30th, 2026.

To submit, please send the paper as a Word document to Dr. Andrea Rissing <arissing@asu.edu> with the subject line "Netting Submission." The paper should include no identifying information; in the body of the email please include applicant's name and department affiliation.