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| ASALH 's 18th Annual Essay Contest |
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The Association for the Study of African-American Life
and History (ASALH) announces its eighteenth annual Essay
Contest for undergraduate and graduate students.
Any full-time student in a two-year or four-year college may
enter the competition. Cash prizes of $500 will be awarded to
the top two (2) essays. One prize will be awarded to the
undergraduate winner. One prize will be awarded to the
graduate winner.
Winning writers will be invited to present their essays at the
ASALH Annual Convention in Birmingham, AL from October 1-5,
2008.
Essays may be submitted on any topic that explores the lives,
history, or cultures of African-descended peoples in North
America, South America, the Caribbean, or throughout the
African Diaspora.
Papers that are only polemical and offer only personal opinions
are not acceptable; a research approach is required.
Essays should cite the appropriate primary and secondary
sources related to the topic under examination using endnotes
and the citation style found in the Journal of African American
History, which uses The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition
(2003).
Essays will be judged by members of the ASALH Essay Contest
Committee on the basis of clarity, organization, originality, and
documentation.
The winning graduate student essay will be published in an
upcoming issue of The Journal of African American History
(JAAH). Back issues of the JAAH should be consulted in
preparing graduate student essays for submission to the
contest.
Efforts will also be made to identify a suitable publication outlet
for the winning undergraduate student essay.
Contest Opening: January 1, 2008
Deadline for Submission: June 28, 2008
Questions MUST be directed to Renita Lake at
rlake@asalh.net.
Submission Rules:
Via e-mail, submit the following documents.
1. You must submit a copy of your paper with an attached title
page that contains only the title of the essay to
essaycontest@asalh.net. This address is for submissions only.
Direct all questions to Felix Armfield at the e-mail address listed
above.
2. In a separate Microsoft Word document, you must submit a
cover letter with the title of your essay, name, school, summer
address, telephone number, email contact information, and your
ASALH faculty advisor/sponsor's name, summer phone number
and e-mail address.
3. Finally, you must include an endorsement letter from this
ASALH faculty advisor/sponsor, who must be a current member
of ASALH. An original signed copy of this letter is to be mailed
to Felix Armfield at the following address.
ASALH ESSAY CONTEST
C.B. Powell Building
525 Bryant Street, Northwest
Suite C142
Washington, D.C. 20059
and History (ASALH) announces its eighteenth annual Essay
Contest for undergraduate and graduate students.
Any full-time student in a two-year or four-year college may
enter the competition. Cash prizes of $500 will be awarded to
the top two (2) essays. One prize will be awarded to the
undergraduate winner. One prize will be awarded to the
graduate winner.
Winning writers will be invited to present their essays at the
ASALH Annual Convention in Birmingham, AL from October 1-5,
2008.
Essays may be submitted on any topic that explores the lives,
history, or cultures of African-descended peoples in North
America, South America, the Caribbean, or throughout the
African Diaspora.
Papers that are only polemical and offer only personal opinions
are not acceptable; a research approach is required.
Essays should cite the appropriate primary and secondary
sources related to the topic under examination using endnotes
and the citation style found in the Journal of African American
History, which uses The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition
(2003).
Essays will be judged by members of the ASALH Essay Contest
Committee on the basis of clarity, organization, originality, and
documentation.
The winning graduate student essay will be published in an
upcoming issue of The Journal of African American History
(JAAH). Back issues of the JAAH should be consulted in
preparing graduate student essays for submission to the
contest.
Efforts will also be made to identify a suitable publication outlet
for the winning undergraduate student essay.
Contest Opening: January 1, 2008
Deadline for Submission: June 28, 2008
Questions MUST be directed to Renita Lake at
rlake@asalh.net.
Submission Rules:
Via e-mail, submit the following documents.
1. You must submit a copy of your paper with an attached title
page that contains only the title of the essay to
essaycontest@asalh.net. This address is for submissions only.
Direct all questions to Felix Armfield at the e-mail address listed
above.
2. In a separate Microsoft Word document, you must submit a
cover letter with the title of your essay, name, school, summer
address, telephone number, email contact information, and your
ASALH faculty advisor/sponsor's name, summer phone number
and e-mail address.
3. Finally, you must include an endorsement letter from this
ASALH faculty advisor/sponsor, who must be a current member
of ASALH. An original signed copy of this letter is to be mailed
to Felix Armfield at the following address.
ASALH ESSAY CONTEST
C.B. Powell Building
525 Bryant Street, Northwest
Suite C142
Washington, D.C. 20059
| The 2008 Essay Contest Chairs Are: V.P. Franklin and Felix Armfield |
Founders of Black History Month
| Deadline Extended! New Deadline: June 28, 2008 |