Who may enter?
Final year Animal Science students or Postgraduate Nutrition Science students, studying at a South African university.
Students must enter articles in one of the following categories:
(1) Own research
(2) Literature review
Structure, grammar and length of articles
- Submission format: Word (no PDFs will be accepted)
- Margins: 2cm all-round
- Font: Calibri 11pt
- Length: 2 000 words
- Images: 3 figures/graphs/pictures (3 in total)
- Image: Hi-resolution 300 dpi
- Image format: JPG TIFF, PNG or PDF
- Grammar style: UK English
- Similarity report (compulsory): Turnitin
Article structure
- Introduction
- Background
- Discussion (use different subheadings here)
- Conclusion
- Author’s contact details (phone number and e-mail address)
Referencing
- Style: South African Journal of Animal Science (https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sajas/about/submissions)
- The list of references is to be submitted in a separate document together with the article. In text referencing should strictly adhere to the prescribed method of the SA Journal of Animal Science.
- For literature reviews, references cited should not date back further than 2010 to ensure relevant and recent research is reported
Themes/subjects
Articles themes must resort under one of the following broad categories:
- Feed industry: legislative environment
- Feed industry: trade environment (economy / pricing / trade)
- Feed science: additives
- Nutritional science: all species
- Feed processing: milling / mixing / formulation / packaging
- All entries must be approved and signed off by the designated lecturer/supervisor.
- The author must complete and sign the AFMA Intervarsity Writer’s Cup - Article submission form and submit it along with the article and reference list.
Closing dates for article submissions
- 22 January 2021 for evaluation and publication in the April 2021 edition of the AFMA Matrix.
- 23 April 2021 for evaluation and publication in the July 2021 edition of the AFMA Matrix.
- 23 July 2021 for evaluation and publication in the October 2021 edition of the AFMA Matrix.
- 20 September 2021 for evaluation and publication in the January 2022 edition of the AFMA Matrix.
- Articles that are submitted after the cut-off date will not be considered.
- Articles must be submitted via e-mail to technical@afma.co.za
- Submitted articles will be screened for compliance with the rules.
- Successful entries will be evaluated by the panel of judges and scored on criteria set out in the AFMA Intervarsity Writer’s Cup - Article Evaluation Criteria (own research) & AFMA Intervarsity Writer’s Cup - Article Evaluation Criteria (literature review).
- The highest scoring article in each category will be published in the relevant edition of the AFMA Matrix.
- All published articles will be considered for the AFMA Intervarsity Writer’s Cup award.
- The overall winners will be chosen from all the articles that were published in the AFMA Matrix.
- The overall winners of both categories will be given opportunity to present his/her submitted articles at the annual AFMA Symposium.
Own Research
The authors of the winning articles published quarterly will each receive a cash prize of R2 000.
The overall winner will receive a cash prize of R7 000. Additionally, the winner’s promoter will also receive a cash prize of R7 000.
The university represented by the overall winner will receive a cash prize of R10 000 and the floating trophy as the AFMA Intervarsity Writer’s Cup Champion.
Literature Review
The authors of the winning articles published quarterly will each receive a cash prize of R1 000.
The overall winner will receive a cash prize of R3 000.
The overall winners of both categories will be given opportunity to present his/her submitted articles at the annual AFMA Symposium.
The authors of the winning articles published quarterly will each receive a cash prize of R2 000.
The overall winner will receive a cash prize of R7 000. Additionally, the winner’s promoter will also receive a cash prize of R7 000.
The university represented by the overall winner will receive a cash prize of R10 000 and the floating trophy as the AFMA Intervarsity Writer’s Cup Champion.
Literature Review
The authors of the winning articles published quarterly will each receive a cash prize of R1 000.
The overall winner will receive a cash prize of R3 000.
The overall winners of both categories will be given opportunity to present his/her submitted articles at the annual AFMA Symposium.
- The judging panel’s decision is final, and no correspondence will be allowed in this regard.
- Articles that are submitted after the cut-off date will not be considered.
- Entries will only be judged for the specific edition it was submitted.
- By entering, successful entrants declare:
- their articles may be edited and published in the AFMA Matrix magazine;
- themselves willing to participate in any media coverage given to the competition, including print media, online media and broadcast media.
- The prizes cannot be altered, exchanged or supplied in any other way than stipulated in terms of the competition rules.
| YEAR | CHAMPION (UNIVERSITY) | WINNING STUDENT | LECTURER/SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Stellenbosch University | Sarah Jane Davies | Dr Emiliano Raffrenato |
| 2020 | University of Pretoria | Amelia du Preez | Prof Eward Webb |
| 2021 | Stellenbosch University | Zarinah Skippers | Dr Brink van Zyl |