Student Writing Competition

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

$500 — First Place
$250 — Second Place
$125 — Third Place

Abstract and Manuscript submission deadline: April 15, 2026

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

Click here to review the revised submission guidelines for the 2026 Student Writing Competition.

Resources:

Submit questions to Student Writing Competition Chair:
Mellonie Brown-Zacarias, mellonieb9@aol.com

1^st Place: Assessment of Plan Quality in an Automated Treatment Planning Workflow using Auto-Segmentation and Knowledge-Based Planning for Prostate SBRT
Trisha Jones, Kirk Luca, Mingdong Fan, Pretesh R. Patel, Ashesh B. Jani, Xiaofeng Yang, Justin Roper, Jie Ding
Medical Dosimetry Program, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA

2nd Place: Collimator Angle Selection for Prostate and Lymph Node Volumes on the Varian Halcyon Machine
Laura E. O’Connor RT(R)(T); Marissa R. Pringle RT(R)(T); and Aubrey Buskerud; Nishele Lenards, Ph.D., CMD, R.T.(R)(T), FAAMD; Ashley Hunzeker, M.S., CMD; Matt Tobler, CMD, FAAMD
Medical Dosimetry Program at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse

3rd Place: Dosimetric Impact of Different Bladder Volumes on Sparing Organs at Risk in CT-based Cervix HDR Brachytherapy
Lisa Moeller, Frederique Kemogne Tamo, Abel Thomas, Yangyang Shi, Lori Simmons, Tony Phillips, Mandy Cunningham, Zhiqian Henry Yu, Surendra Prajapati, Sarath Vijayan, Pamela A Myers, Eun Young Han, Shiqin Su, Ann Klopp, Yusung Kim
School of Health Professions, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA