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Dear SimSoc folks, These two calls (please see below) may be of interest to those of you studying networks as they apply to politics or policy issues: 1) A call for proposals for papers to be presented at the upcoming Political Networks conference (June 17-20 in Portland, Oregon, USA), and 2) a call for nominations for the Sprague Award for best conference paper on political networks by a graduate student. Many thanks, Adam Adam Douglas Henry Assistant Professor School of Government and Public Policy University of Arizona **Call for Papers: 2015 Political Networks Conference Portland, Oregon, USA June 17-20, 2015** The program chairs for the Eighth Annual Conference on Political Networks invite scholars from all disciplines to participate in a conference on political networks. We seek proposals for individual papers and organized panels that engage in rigorous theoretical and/or empirical research on the application of network concepts to politics and policy. We welcome contributions that develop novel conceptual and methodological approaches to the analysis of political networks. We aim to have a conference that represents research from a broad range of subfields and methodologies. Submissions are encouraged from scholars in any related field, including, but not limited to, political science, sociology, economics, anthropology, psychology, business, statistics, computer science and information science. To submit an individual paper proposal, please submit a title and abstract of no more than 250 words on the conference website http://conference.polinetworks.org. Three-paper panels may also be submitted; to do so, please note the title of the panel in each paper submission. For full consideration, proposals must be submitted by March 4, 2014. A limited number of travel fellowships will be available. **Call for Nominations: The John Sprague Award** The Political Networks Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) is soliciting nominations for The John Sprague Award. This endowed award is given annually to the best paper on political networks presented by a graduate student at a political science conference during calendar year 2014. The award is given based the contribution of the research to the study of political networks. Self-nominations are welcome. To nominate a paper, please send the conference version of the paper, indicating the conference at which it was presented to the Chair of the John Sprague Award Committee, Adam Douglas Henry ([log in to unmask]) Nominations should be received no later than March 6th, 2015. Faculty, please consider nominating your students and circulating this notice to your graduate student listservs.