Global Outlook::Digital Humanities: Global Digital Humanities Essay Prize

Submission Deadline: June 30 2013

Global Outlook :: Digital Humanities (GO::DH) is pleased to announce the first Global Digital Humanities Essay competition.

Topic:

This competition is for research papers looking at some aspect of the national, regional, or international practice of the Digital Humanities. Within this broad subject, participants may choose their own approach: focussing in individual problems or projects (e.g. some specific scholarly, preservation, or cultural heritage issue), or broader philosophical, geographical, sociological, political, or other discussion of the practice of Digital Humanities in a global context.

Prizes:

Up to four awards of $500 (CAN) each plus an opportunity for fast-track publication inDigital Studies/Le champ numérique. Additional awards, including fast-track publication, may be available for runners up and honorary mentions.

Eligibility:

The competition is open to any interested party including students, graduate students, junior faculty, and researchers unaffiliated with a university or research institution. Only one submission is permitted per person.

Language:

Submissions may be in any language. The adjudication committee will attempt to find readers for languages that lie outside its own experience (A list of members of the adjudication committee and the languages they read is found below). Digital Studies/Le champ numérique publishes in English or French. Winning contributions in languages other than French or English will be published in their original language with a translation into either English or French.

Adjudication criteria:

The committee will adjudicate essays based on their interest and topicality, the quality and breadth of their research, and the quality of analysis and data. In each case these criteria will be considered in relation to the chosen topic. The committee is also committed to ensuring a diversity of voices and experiences in represented in the competition and among the finalists.

Submission process:

June 30, 2013: Deadline for initial submission. Submissions may take the form of extended abstracts (500-1000 words) or complete drafts (recommended length: 6,000-15,000 words). Winning entries in this round will receive an interim award of $200.

October 30, 2013: Deadline for final submission. Winners from the initial round will be invited to submit their completed papers by October 30, 2013 for review, copy-editing, and submission to Digital Studies/Le champ numérique. Upon successful completion of the review process, the winning contestants will receive a completion bonus of $300.

Send your submissions to [email protected]. Preferred formats are PDF, HTML, Plain Text, Word, Open Office, or LaTeX.

Licence:

By submitting to the competition, authors agree to grant the adjudication committee a Creative Commons 2.0 BY-NC licence to their work.