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Dear all,

 

The WIGS committee is delighted to announce calls for the 2019 WIGS Book Prize (for ECRs) and the 2019 WIGS Postgraduate Essay Prize competitions. Please see below for details.

 

Best wishes,

 

Catherine

 

 

Women in German Studies Book Prize

Women in German Studies are delighted to announce their prize for first books, sponsored by Peter Lang. Members of WIGS who are preparing their first book for publication are encouraged to submit proposals. All topics within German Studies are welcome. The winning book will be selected by the WIGS committee and the commissioning editor for German Studies at Peter Lang Oxford will present the prize at the annual WIGS conference. The winner of the prize in each year will receive £150.

 

The Call for Book Proposals will be published annually on the WIGS blog. The general guidelines are:

 

1. T&Cs – This yearly competition is open to all members of Women in German Studies who have not yet published a book, with the exception of committee members. It is possible to join the society when sending in submissions.

 

2. Dates – Book proposals should be submitted by 15 July 2019. Presentation of the prize-winning proposal and award ceremony at the Women in German Studies annual meeting, which this year will be held at University College Dublin, 8-9 November 2019.

 

3. Prize – The prize consists of £150 for the winner.

 

4. Entry Specifications – Proposals must be for a book in either English or German;

 

(a)       The proposed book must be an original work of which the entrant is the author or the scholarly editor and translator; in the latter case, a substantial introduction and commentary should be part of it;

(b)       The proposal must consist of an abstract (both in English and in German), CV and a sample chapter between 5,000 and 8,000 words in length, to be submitted electronically as Word documents, with numbered pages, to the Secretary of WIGS by the deadline.

 

5. Judges – The committee of WIGS will decide on the winning proposal; the top choices will also be considered by the commissioning editor for Peter Lang’s publishing programme, including Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly’s Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Literature and Culture series.

 

Any enquiries relating to the prize should be emailed to the Secretary of WIGS (Catherine Smale, [log in to unmask]).

 

 

Women in German Studies Postgraduate Essay Prize

Women in German Studies are delighted to announce their prize for postgraduate scholarship. Postgraduate members of WIGS are encouraged to submit essays on any topic within German Studies. The winning essay will be selected by the WIGS committee and announced at the annual WIGS conference. Winners of the essay prize will receive £100 and the opportunity to have their piece published in the journal German Life and Letters.

 

The Call for Papers will be published annually on the WIGS blog. The general guidelines are:

 

1. T&Cs – This yearly competition is open to all postgraduate members of Women in German Studies except committee members. It is possible to join the society when sending in submissions.

 

2. Dates – Essay to be submitted by 1 October 2019. Presentation of the prize-winning essay and award ceremony at the Women in German Studies AGM and annual meeting, which this year will be held at University College Dublin, 8-9 November 2019.

 

3. Prize – The prize consists of £100 for the winner and the submission of the entry for consideration by the editors of German Life and Letters.

 

4. Entry Specifications – Each entry must be:

 

(a)       in English or German;

(b)       between 5,000 and 8,000 words in length;

(c)        an original work of which the entrant is the author

(d)       it must be complete in itself although it can be part of the dissertation;

(e)       follow the GLL formatting style; the style sheet is available here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-0483/homepage/ForAuthors.html

(f)         submitted electronically as a Word document, with numbered pages, to the Secretary of WIGS.

 

5. Judges – The committee of WIGS will decide on the winning essay; the editors of GLL reserve the right to decide whether to publish the winning entry.

 

Any enquiries relating to the prize should be emailed to the Secretary of WIGS (Catherine Smale, [log in to unmask]).

 

 

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Dr Catherine Smale,

Senior Lecturer in German,

King’s College London.

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/german/

 

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