Women's History Scotland
Essay Prize
For a new essay in Scottish women's or gender history
Deadline: Friday 17 December 2010
Women's History Scotland awards a bi-annual prize of £100 for a new essay in the field of Scottish women's and/or gender history. The prize was established in 2002 to celebrate the work of Leah Leneman and to encourage new women's and gender historians to publish their work and to continue researching and writing in the field of Scottish women's and gender history.
Forms of work that may be submitted include: undergraduate dissertation, postgraduate work (eg Masters dissertation or chapter of PhD) or a piece of original research by an independent scholar.
- The essay must be focused principally on some aspect of Scottish women's or gender history but may deal with any time period.
- No area of Scottish women's or gender history is excluded.
- The submission should be written in Englih and in a form suitable for publication.
- It should be between 8,000 and 10,000 words in length. Longer or shorter submissions will not be considered.
- The essay should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
- To be eligible to submit the candidate should NOT be in permanent academic employment.
The essay will be considered by a panel of judges set up by the Steering Committee of Women's history Scotland and the prize will be presented at one of the Scottish Women's history Network conferences. The winning essay may be put forward to be considered for publication in the Journal of Scottish Historical Studies.
Entry Details: Queries should be addressed to Deborah Simonton (dsimonton@language.sdu.dk), English Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Engstien 1, 6000 Kolding, Denmark. An electronic copy (PDF) of the essay should be sent to Deborah Simonton at the above address by Friday 17 December 2010. Please include full name and contact details.