The answer: Annually!
Now in its second year, competition for the University of Maryland
Undergraduate Essay Prize in Linguistics is officially underway -- the
formal announcement is below and at <http://benjamin.umd.edu/prize99/>.
Submissions can be papers written last year, or, since there's a
January 14, 2000 deadline, students can write something new for the
competition -- yes, they can even polish up and submit a term paper
written for a course this fall.
Faculty, please encourage your students to submit papers!
Students, please submit papers!
And everyone, please feel free to forward this announcement to other
bulletin boards or mailing lists where there might be interest.
Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Resnik, Assistant Professor
Department of Linguistics and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
1401 Marie Mount Hall UMIACS phone: (301) 405-6760
University of Maryland Linguistics phone: (301) 405-8903
College Park, MD 20742 USA Fax : (301) 405-7104
http://umiacs.umd.edu/~resnik E-mail: resnik@umiacs.umd.edu
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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNDERGRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE IN LINGUISTICS
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The University of Maryland Department of Linguistics is pleased to
announce the 1999/2000 University of Maryland Undergraduate Essay
Prize in Linguistics, an international competition.
The prize of $1000 will be awarded for the best undergraduate student
essay on a topic in linguistics, and the winning essay will be
published in the 2000 University of Maryland Working Papers in
Linguistics.
Submissions may be in the areas of computational linguistics, formal
semantics, language acquisition, language change, lexical semantics,
neurolinguistics, phonology, psycholinguistics, and formal syntax.
Eligibility.
Applicants must at the time of submission be enrolled at least half
time in an undergraduate program of study leading to a bachelor's
degree or equivalent, and must not already possess any degree in
linguistics. Essays should have been written within the previous or
current academic year, and must represent the original work of
the applicant. Previously published essays will not be considered
for the award. Current and former students of the University of
Maryland, College Park are ineligible.
Deadline.
Applicants must submit three (3) copies of the essay to the
address listed below, to be RECEIVED no later than
January 14, 2000. Late submissions will not be considered.
Length and format.
Essays must be submitted in English, typed or word-processed in no
smaller than 10-point font, single-sided, double-spaced, and on white
paper, with at least 1-inch margins on all sides. Applicants should
use single-spaced endnotes rather than footnotes, and follow style
guidelines of either the Modern Language Association (MLA) or the
American Psychological Association (APA). Essays must be no longer
than twenty (20) pages, excluding bibliography, including at most two
pages of endnotes. Essays not conforming to these instructions
will not be considered.
The applicant's name must not be included on the essay. Instead,
include a cover sheet listing the title of the essay, applicant's
name, address, telephone number, e-mail address (if available), school
and program attending, year in the program, and the topic area or
areas of the essay (taken from the list above).
Judging.
All essays will be judged anonymously by the Faculty
in Linguistics at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Award.
The Essay Prize of $1000 will be awarded in February 2000, and
the winning essay included in the 2000 Maryland Working Papers in
Linguistics.
The Department reserves the right not to award the prize in a given
year and may change the terms of the award for future competitions.
Submissions should be sent to:
Undergraduate Essay Prize
Department of Linguistics
1401 Marie Mount Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-7505 USA
The Essay Prize Web page is:
http://benjamin.umd.edu/prize99/
The Undergraduate Essay Prize Coordinator is:
Philip Resnik
resnik@benjamin.umd.edu
(301) 405-8903