The 1st CCWE is pleased to announce the AWE (Advances in Wind Engineering) Best Paper Competition. The competition is open to any author of a contribution to the 1st CCWE. Authors whose abstracts are accepted by the Colloquium are eligible for this paper competition. Further application requirements are as follows:
The applicant needs to submit an abstract to the conference, and express interest in the competition by check the “AWE Paper Competition” box in the Colloquium paper’s management system.

The applicant needs to forward the abstract acceptance notification within one week of receipt from the organizers to the Editor-in-Chief of AWE Dr. Teng Wu (tengwu@buffalo.edu), and submit an extended abstract by September 30, 2026.

The applicant needs to attend the Colloquium and present the paper at the Colloquium.
The Judging Panel (consisting of Chairman and Members from AWE Editorial Board) will select winners of the AWE Best Paper Award during the conference, with each receiving a certificate and a cash prize of $500.

By accepting the AWE Best Paper Award, the applicant implicitly agrees to submit their full-length paper to the international journal, Advances in Wind Engineering