The Heinlein Society is offering a $500 prize for the best Heinlein paper presented at the PCA/ACA (Pop Culture Association/American Culture Association) conference April in Boston. The 42nd Annual PCA/ACA National Conference will be held at the Copley Marriott Hotel in Boston from April 11 to 14, 2012.

The Popular Culture Association (“PCA”) with the American Culture Association (“ACA”) promote the study of popular culture throughout the world through the establishment and promotion of conferences, publications, and discussion. In 2004 organizer Lisa Edmonds (now Lisa Edmonds-D’Amico) formed a separate Heinlein Area out of the Science Fiction Area of the Popular Culture Association.

An account of the 2011 PCA/ACA Conference at The Heinlein Prize site