Prize Wording
Unique in both range and approach, History Compass is an online-only journal publishing peer-reviewed survey articles from across the discipline, spanning both centuries and continents.
The editors of History Compass invite submissions for the 2007 Graduate Essay Prize.
Each winner will receive $200/£100 worth of free Blackwell books and have their article published in History Compass journal!There will be a prize-winning graduate essay for each of the 9 sections on History Compass:
Africa
Asia
Australasia & Pacific
Britain & Ireland
Caribbean & Latin America
Europe
Middle & Near East
North America
World
Deadline: 15 October, 2007
Guidelines The prize is open to all graduate students engaged in study at a college or university after their first degree and having not yet completed their doctorate.Those entering either competition can choose their own topic, though this should be fairly broad. The style of submitted articles should be consistent with other published articles on the sites, that is: they should have a wide scope, be written for non-specialists to acquire an introduction into new fields, and adopt a review or historiographical approach.The upper word limit is 5000 words, including abstract, footnotes and bibliography.History Compass Graduate Essays should be submitted by email as a Word document to: HICOeditorial@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com
Graduates must specify:
* which section they are entering their essay for
* provide the details of their affiliation
* provide their supervisor’s name and email address
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