JOPA 2016 Writing Awards

To help welcome the JBJS Journal of Orthopaedics for Physician Assistants (JOPA) into the JBJS family of peer-reviewed journals (see related OrthoBuzz post), JBJS is offering five $1000 awards, as follows:

• 3 for the three best review articles authored by a certified, practicing PA or NP
• 2 for the two best review articles authored by a PA student (student authors are strongly encouraged to partner with a supervising PA, MD, or DO)

Eligible articles (≥ 1200 words, excluding references and figure legends, plus a 100-word abstract) are academic reviews on a broad orthopaedic topic OR concise overviews of a single clinical condition or orthopaedic procedure. For details about authoring JOPA articles, read the JOPA Instructions for Authors.

Deadline for submission is December 31, 2016.

Enter the contest by submitting your article via the JOPA Editorial Manager site.

Please address questions regarding the contest to jopaeditorial@jbjs.org.