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Deadline Extended: Adam Matthew Digital Essay Prize
January 31, 2016
BAAS is pleased to announce a new essay prize sponsored by Adam Matthew Digital consisting of £500 plus one-year’s access to one Adam Matthew Digital archival collection chosen by the author. Adam Matthew has published unique, award-winning primary source collections from archives around the world since 1990. This prize will be awarded to the best essay submitted on any subject that relates to the Adam Matthew North American collections. This award is eligible to postgraduates, early career researchers, and independent researchers, although the latter two groups will be prioritised on the grounds that this unique prize offers access to resources they may not otherwise have.
Candidates should submit their essays by e-mail by the 31st January 2016 to: awards@baas.ac.uk
The essay should be between 3,000 and 5,000 words in length and relate to the Adam Matthew North American collection. Membership of BAAS is mandatory in order to be eligible to receive the prize.
Care should be taken to ensure that the name of the author does not appear on the essay itself, but only in the cover letter which should be submitted by e-mail along with the essay. All essays will be assessed anonymously by a panel drawn from the BAAS Executive Committee.
The essay should form a self-contained piece of writing, suitable for publication as an article in a professional journal. Care should accordingly be taken with matters of presentation and documentation. Prize-winning essays will be offered publication in US Studies Online: the Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Network and Blog.
You can find the submission guidelines here.