Student Writing Competition

2025 AAMD Student Writing Competition

Enter to win one of three cash prizes for papers pertaining to treatment planning, localization, and positioning.

Abstract and Manuscript submission deadline: April 10, 2025

Submit an Abstract

Note: This form is only accessible to current AAMD Student Members.

Click here to review the revised submission guidelines for the 2025 Student Writing Competition.

Resources:

• NEW: Writing & Formatting Manuscripts: A Guide for the AAMD Student Writing Competition Presentation
• American Medical Association (AMA) Writing Style and Formatting Handout

Submit questions to Student Writing Competition Co-chairs:
Mellonie Brown-Zacarias, mellonieb9@aol.com and Nishele Lenards, nlenards@uwlax.edu 

Congratulations to the Winners of the
2024 AAMD Student Writing Competition!

1^st Place: How The University of Kansas Health System Creates Proton Therapy Treatment Plans to Treat the Prostate, Seminal Vesicles, and Pelvic Lymph Nodes
Author: Myles Mustapich 
Institution: Southern Illinois University

2^nd Place: Dosimetric Comparison of BrainLab Elements and HyperArc for SRS Brain Cases
Authors: Tonya March, BS, RT(T); Hem Moktan, PhD; Nishan Shrestha, PhD, DABR and Danielle Stevenson, CMD
Institution: Southern Illinois University

3^rd Place: Explore the Feasibility of a Brachytherapy Alternative in the Form of Radiobiologically Optimized Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer
Authors: Pin Johnson, BS; Mahsa Dehghanpour, EdD, MS, CMD; Paul Mobit, PhD, and William N. Duggar, PhD, DABR
Institution: MD Anderson Cancer Center