ALCS Prize for Low Countries studies

The Association for Low Countries Studies in Great Britain and Ireland awards £100 to the best essay written in any area of Low Countries studies, for example linguistics, literature, cultural studies, history, art history or politics.

Award categories

The prize will be awarded in the following:

Undergraduate

Open to all undergraduate students currently registered in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Entries may be written in English or Dutch, and should not exceed 3,000 words, including references, footnotes, tables and appendices.

Undergraduate dissertation

Open to all undergraduate students currently registered in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Entries may be written in English or Dutch. Dissertations should not exceed 10,000 words, including references, footnotes, tables and appendices.

Postgraduate and early career researchers

)pen to all postgraduates currently registered in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, and to scholars resident in the UK or Ireland who have received their PhD or equivalent qualification within the last five years. Entries may be written in English or Dutch, and should not exceed 8,000 words, including references, footnotes, tables and appendices.

Members of the Executive Committee of the Association may not apply. Applications from non-members are welcome.

The prize

The prize is £100. Prize-winners may also have the opportunity to publish their winning essay in the Association’s journal Dutch Crossing. Other essays submitted may also be published where appropriate. The prize will not be awarded if none of the submitted essays is deemed to be suitable for publication. The prize-winner is also entitled to one year’s free membership of the Association and a year’s free subscription to Dutch Crossing.

The prize will be awarded by the Executive Committee on the recommendation of a Prize Committee drawn from its members.

The closing date for submissions is 15 June in each year. To enter, send your essay in electronic form, Word or PDF, to the Secretary of the ALCS Committee. Please include a cover sheet giving your name, university affiliation, essay title, contact details and category (undergraduate or postgraduate).

The Secretary is:

Dr Carol Fehringer
School of Modern Languages
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
carol.fehringer@ncl.ac.uk

The Committee’s decision will be final. All entrants will normally receive notification of the outcome by the end of July of the same year.