Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies
2004 International Essay Competition
In collaboration with the International Journal of Urban Regional Research
and Blackwell Publishers, the Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies is
organising a fourth international essay competition for the best essay on
urban and regional themes by young (under 35) scholars.
A prize of £1,000 will be awarded to the overall winner, three second prizes
of £500 and three third prizes £250 will be awarded respectively to: 1)
essays written in English by native English speaking authors; 2) essays
written in English by non native English speaking authors; 3) essays written
in French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Essays which reach the
final round of judging but which are not awarded one of the first three
prizes will receive Blackwells book prizes totalling £700. The first prize
essay will be published in the International Journal of Urban and Regional
Research subject to any changes required by the Editor and will be
translated if necessary.
The essay should be no longer than 7,000 words (including footnotes and
bibliography) and be sent with a 500-word maximum summary in English. Essays
exceeding 7,000 words will be automatically excluded.
Essays written in the following languages will be considered: English
French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
A note must be attached to the essay indicating the author's full name,
address, university or workplace (if any), date and place of birth,
nationality, e-mail, telephone and fax number(s), a short CV (maximum 100
words) and stating the essay's word length.
Essays must be sent by 31 May 2004 to [log in to unmask] as an
attachment (Basic Mime encoding) or by mail (winword file on diskette) to
the following address:
FURS Essay Competition
Fondazione Bignaschi
Via Olmetto 3
20123 Milano
Italy
Unsuccessful entrants in the previous competitions are encouraged to enter
again, but may not submit the same essay.
The essays will be read by two anonymous referees who will send their
comments to Professor Enzo Mingione who will organize a final round of
judging by a panel of three. The results will be made public and
communicated to entrants by 31 December 2004.
For further information please contact:
Nicoletta Carmi
FURS Essay competition, Fondazione Bignaschi, Via Olmetto, 3, 20123 MILANO,
Italy
Tel: 39-02-8057718, Fax: 39-02-8692565
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