ACCFSL 2027 Writing Competition on U.S. Consumer Financial Services Law (Cash Awards up to USD 5,000)

Each year the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers (ACCFSL) seeks to recognise written contributions to the field of U.S. consumer financial services law through its Annual Writing Competition. The College, founded in 1996, is a professional association of lawyers particularly skilled and experienced in consumer financial services matters. The entries now invited are for the 2027 competition.

• Books: cash payment of USD 5,000.
• Publishable articles, substantial book reviews or book chapters: cash payment of USD 3,500.
• Student case note or comment: cash payment of USD 1,500.

Awards also include a certificate or other token of recognition and, if applicable, travel expenses to attend the College's annual dinner (if held, typically in conjunction with the Spring Meeting of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association). Depending on the quality of submissions, awards may be made in all, some or none of the three categories in any year.

Eligible entries must discuss some aspect of U.S. consumer financial services law. Topics that relate principally to securities regulation, bankruptcy, insurance, or the safety and soundness aspects of banking regulation are not eligible, but works on subjects within these (or other) areas will be considered if they bear directly on U.S. consumer financial services law.

• Entries are eligible if they have been written or published within the twelve months preceding the deadline of 1 November 2026.
• Entries may be submitted by authors directly or by third parties on behalf of authors. A third-party submitter must obtain the author's consent and provide the author's contact information.
• Official publications of or by government agencies are not eligible.
• The official guidelines do not restrict authorship by nationality or institution, so authors based in India may enter work that meets the topic requirement.

• Unpublished manuscripts should be double-spaced and conform to law review standards.
• All entries should be submitted in electronic format.

The official competition page does not mention any entry fee.

Entries for the 2027 competition should be submitted by email to Lynette I. Hotchkiss, Esquire, Writing Competition Chair, at lynette.hotchkiss@lendingpad.com. The email link on the official page also addresses jheckhaus@counselorlibrary.com. The deadline for entry is 1 November 2026.