The Society for Caribbean Studies Essay Prize: 2007-2008
The Society for Caribbean Studies is pleased to announce a new annual essay competition for postdoctoral scholars undertaking original research in the field of Caribbean Studies. The competition is funded by the British Academy Learned Societies Programme and forms part of the Joint Initiative for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean (http://www.jislac.org.uk).
The winning essay writer will receive a cash prize of £250. The subject of the essay should contribute to the advancement of Caribbean research and the work should not have been published elsewhere. Essays submitted in previous years should not be resubmitted, and former winners of the prize may not apply. A panel of three judges for the prize will be appointed by the Society’s Committee. The prize winner will be announced at the annual conference of the Society in July and the essay will be published on the Society website. The winning essay may also be considered by the Editors for publication in the Bulletin of Latin American Research.
The essay should be double-spaced and no more than 8,000 words in length (including notes, but excluding the bibliography). There are no strict rules about the format and style of the essay, but it should follow standard academic conventions. Three printed copies of the essay or an email attachment should be submitted to the Chair of the Society at the address below. The deadline for submission is 12 noon, 27th February 2009.
Please submit three copies of your essay to:
Dr David Howard
Society for Caribbean Studies
Chair Institute of Geography
University of Edinburgh
EH8 9XP, UK
Email: david.howard@ed.ac.uk
The competition conditions are as follows:
The essay should be no more than 8,000 words in length, including notes but not the bibliography, on a theme in the field of Caribbean Studies.
The author must have gained a PhD by the time of submission of the essay.
The essay should not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
Three double-spaced and fully referenced copies of the essay should be postmarked or be submitted by e-mail before 12 noon, 27th February 2009 to the Chair of the Society.