WSBA Taxation Section Writing Contest

The WSBA Taxation Section will award $1,000 to up to three Washington state law students and/or WSBA Taxation Section members whose newsletter article submission is chosen for publication in the Taxation Section newsletter. 

 

The Taxation Section newsletter seeks to publish current, relevant tax topic articles of approximately 10–15 pages in length in Word format, double-spaced. The Taxation Section members have varied practices and many areas of tax law are relevant, including state and local tax, international tax, transactional tax, estate and gift tax, tax controversy, etc.

 

The first submissions are due Nov. 15; the second submissions are due Jan. 15; and the third submissions are due March 15. Each Nov. 15 submission, except for the winner, will be included for consideration in the following two submission deadlines; and each Jan. 15 submission, except for the winner, will also be considered with the March 15 submissions. Only one article will be chosen with each submission deadline, and each person may only win one prize. All WSBA Taxation Section Tax Council members are excluded from participation in the contest. A Taxation Section Newsletter Committee comprised of volunteer Tax Council members that do not have a conflict with any participant (or participant’s law firm or school) will review the submissions and make a recommendation for the Tax Council’s final vote. Any Tax Council member who knows or has any relationship with any person making a submission will be excluded from committee review and voting. The Committee will choose the best written article with the broadest appeal and with consideration of current relevance.

 

All submissions and questions may be sent via email to the WSBA Taxation Section newsletter editor, Jennifer A. Gellner, atjennifer@gellnertaxlaw.com. Each participant must disclose if the article for submission has been published in any form prior to submission for the contest, which does not disqualify the submission, but will be considered by the Committee.

 

Please note: each person whose article is selected for publication and a $1,000 prize will have to provide a completed Form W-9 before the prize can be awarded.