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Hakluyt Society Essay Prize 2019 

Hakluyt Society is delighted to announce Hakluyt Society Essay Prize 2019. The competition is open to any registered graduate student at a higher education institution (a university or equivalent) or to anyone who has been awarded a graduate degree in the past three years.

The Hakluyt Society awards an annual essay prize of up to a total of £1,000. Winners will also receive a one-year membership of the Hakluyt Society. The Society hopes that the winning essay will be published, either in the Society’s online journal or in a recognized academic journal.

Who May Eligible:

To eligible, the candidates must be following all the eligibility criteria:

  • The competition is open to any registered graduate student at a higher education institution (a university or equivalent) or to anyone who has been awarded a graduate degree in the past three years.
  • Proof of student status or of the date of a degree must accompany any submission.
  • Allowance can be made for maternity leave.

How to Apply & Competition Rules:

To participate, in the competition, essays should be submitted as email attachments in Word.doc format to The Administrator at office@hakluyt.com

Rules:

  • Essays should be based on original research in any discipline in the humanities or social sciences, and on an aspect of the history of travel, exploration and cultural encounter or their effects, in the tradition of the work of the Society.
  • Essays should be in English (except for such citations in languages other than English as may appear in footnotes or endnotes) and between 6,000 and 8,000 words in length (including notes, excluding bibliography).
  • Illustrations, diagrams, and tables essential to the text fall outside the word count.
  • Submissions should be unpublished, and not currently in press, in production or under review elsewhere.
  • The entrant’s name, address (including preferred email address), institutional affiliation (if any, with the date of admission), and degrees (if any, with dates of conferment) should appear within the body of the email, together with a note of the title of the submitted essay.
  • The subject line of the email should include the words ‘Hakluyt society essay prize’ and the author’s name.

Benefits:

  • The award has this year seen an increase in value to a maximum total of £1,000.
  • Winners will also receive a one-year membership of the Hakluyt Society.
  • The Society hopes that the winning essay will be published, either in the Society’s online journal or in a recognized academic journal.

Application Deadline:

The application deadline is November 30, 2018.

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Indu Singh

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