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Anand Bi-Annual International Law Essay Competition

The objective of the competition is to promote a wider understanding of international law and encourage publication of relevant and original work on the subject. A panel of family members of late Prof. R.P. Anand and eminent scholars of international law will evaluate the essays.

Prizes

First Prize: INR 50,000/- OR USD 800

Second Prize: INR 30,000/- OR USD 500

Third Prize: INR 20,000/- or USD 300

The award prize and a certificate would be sent to the winning participants.  (There will be no participation certificate for non-winning participants).  The winning essay entries will also be published on the website.

Theme

The theme is open

Deadline

30 May, 2015.

Guidelines

• Results will be announced on June 15th, 2015.
• AWARDS(Given for each Bi-Annual competition) Winners may send a picture or video of themselves reading the essay. We recommend sending a video clip of your reading for favorable consideration. (up to 15 minutes)
• The winning essay entries will be published on VCIL website after the winners have been announced for each competition. Other entries may also be published under a separate banner if deemed relevant to International Law. The participant is free to publish it elsewhere also.
• Submissions should be sent as soft copies uploaded to the website(requires authenticated email id and registering a userid/pw on the website) in .doc or .docx format only. The essay text can also be pasted directly into an essay content field which can be done by any registered user of the website.
• The deadline for submissions is 30th May 2015 (12 noon) and 30th November, 2015 for each respective competition.
• The essay should be preceded by an abstract.
• The length of the essay should be between 5000 and 7500 words including footnotes. All submissions should adhere to the following requirements:

# Font Times New Roman

# Font Size 12

# Line Spacing 1.5

# Footnote Font Size 10

# Footnote Spacing (within footnotes) 1.0

• Any clarifications should be sent with the title “Essay Competition Query” to webadmin@publicinternationallaw.in.
• Joint submissions are not permitted.
• The competition is open to any post-graduate student of International Law anywhere in the world. The winners will have to submit proof of enrollment and transcripts of their post-graduate work.
• The author should give an undertaking that the essay sent for the competition has not been submitted for any other competition or publication.
• The marking criteria for the entries shall be as follows:

# Originality and insights on the subject

# Quality of research

# Structure and Clarity and Potential for Problem Solving

# Quality of endorsement by a Professor of International Law.

• Please provide these details on a separate page and not in the text of the essay:  (A new submission form will be created shortly to allow this information to be entered online).

1. Name
2. Age
3. Address
4. E-mail
5. Details of a Professor of International Law who is endorsing your essay. We recommend you only seek endorsements of faculty from your own university.  A signed document or direct email with details will be required from the professor on the essay submitted.  This information should be directly verifiable with contact details.
6. Relevant documents pertaining to your post-graduate admission in International Law.

Inquiries

EMAIL YOUR questions/submissions to webadmin@publicinternationallaw.in

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Terra Foundation for American Art International Essay Prize

The Terra Foundation for American Art International Essay Prize recognizes excellent scholarship by a non-U.S. citizen working in the field of historical American art. Manuscripts should advance the understanding of American art, demonstrating new findings and original perspectives.

The aim of the award is to stimulate and actively support non-U.S. scholars working on American art topics, foster the international exchange of new ideas, and create a broad, culturally comparative dialogue on American art. Ph.D. candidates and above (or equivalent) who have not published in the journal American Art previously are eligible to participate in the competition. Essays may focus on any aspect of historical (pre-1980) American art and visual culture; however, architecture and film studies are not eligible.

Theme

Historical American art

Organizer

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Prizes

The prize winner will be given the opportunity to work toward publication in American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s scholarly journal. The winner will also receive a $1,000 cash award and a travel stipend of up to $3,000 to give a presentation in Washington, D.C., and meet with museum staff and fellows. This prize is supported by funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Deadline

15 January, 2015

Guidelines

• Preference will be given to submissions that address American art within a cross-cultural context and offer new ways of thinking about the material. A strong emphasis on visual analysis is encouraged.
• Manuscripts previously published in a foreign language are eligible if released within the last two years (please state the date and venue of the prior publication).
• Essays that have been published in English will not be considered.
• Authors are invited to submit their own work for consideration; however, former applicants must submit on a new topic if they wish to be considered again.
• We also urge scholars who know of eligible articles written by others to inform those authors of the prize.
• The length of the essay (including endnotes) should be between 7,000 and 8,500 words and should include approximately 12 to 14 illustrations with figure references in the text.
• The essay should be submitted by e-mail as a Word file and should include a bibliography of key sources.
• A PDF file containing all of the illustrations, along with captions that provide each object’s title, artist, date, medium, dimensions, and current location, is also required.
• All manuscripts should be accompanied by an abstract of 500 to 1,000 words written in English that: 1) clearly states the author’s thesis and the essay’s contribution to the field of American art, and 2) outlines the essay’s basic structure and methodology.
• A curriculum vitae should be included as well.
• Submissions must be sent toTerraEssayPrize@si.edu by January 15, 2015. Questions or comments may be emailed to the same address.

Inquiries

For more information on American Art, please consultamericanart.si.edu/research/journal.

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