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1. There shall be a biennial
prize of ?250 called The Church Monuments Society Essay
Prize, to be awarded together with a certificate for the
best essay submitted in the relevant year. The prize
will only be awarded if the essay is considered by the
judges to be of sufficiently high standard to merit
publication in the Society's journal, Church Monuments
2. The subject of the essay must be concerned with an
aspect of church monuments of any period in the British
Isles or abroad.
3. The length (including end notes) shall not exceed
10,000 words with no more than 10 illustrations.
4. The essay should be accompanied by a short abstract
of about 100-150 words. Authors' names and affiliations
should be included on a separate sheet, as the essays
will be judged anonymously. Entrants should add a brief
biographical note of no more than 50 words for the
inclusion in the journal in the case of the winning
entry.
5. The essay and its end notes should be word-processed
and employ the house style of the journal Church
Monuments. A copy of the style sheet is available by
clicking
here or on application to the Editor (see below)
6. Four copies of each entry, including four paper
copies of any illustrations, should be submitted,
together with the original text on a CD or floppy disc.
Original photographs should be retained by the author at
this stage, but will be needed for entries accepted for
publication.
7. Entries should be sent to the Editor of Church
Monuments (see below) and should be sent with a covering
letter stating that this is an entry for the Church
Monuments Society Essay Prize.
Dr Kerry Bristol
Hon. Journal Editor, Church Monuments
Director of The Centre for Architecture and
Material Culture
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural
Studies
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
(United Kingdom)
e-mail:
k.a.c.bristolATleeds.as.uk
8. The closing date for entries shall be 1 January 2010.
9. The competition shall be open to any person who has
not previously published an article in Church Monuments.
10. There shall be a panel of three judges appointed by
the Council of the Church Monuments Society. The
chairman shall be a member of the editorial panel for
Church Monuments and shall serve for not more than six
consecutive years. The other two judges shall be members
of the Society and shall serve for no more than four
consecutive years.
11. The decision of the judges shall be final, and there
will be no further correspendence about this decision.
12. Copyright of any essay entered for this competition
will remain with the author but submitted materials will
be kept on file by the Church Monuments Society, or
destroyed if the author so wishes.
13. The Church Monuments Society cannot be held
responsible for the loss of any material submitted for
this prize
10. Articles which have already been published or
accepted for publication will not be regarded as
eligible
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The CMS Essay Prize Jury reached a decision and all
entrants were informed of the outcome. Six entries were
received for this, the first ever Church Monuments
Society essay prize. The field was of a high standard
and the jury was delighted to award the prize to Dr
Douglas Brine for his essay entitled 'Image, Text and
Prayer: the indulgence memorial tablet of Jean de
Libourc (d. 1470), canon of Saint-Omer.' Dr Brine is
currently an A W Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the
Centre for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts in
Washington. The prize winning essay will appear in vol.
23 of the Society's Journal Church Monuments in 2009 |
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