Saturday, 18 March 2017

The PSA Essay Competition for Postgrads 2017

PSA/Journal of Postcolonial Writing 
Postgraduate Essay Competition 2017

The PSA/Journal of Postcolonial Writing Postgraduate Essay Competition provides a great opportunity for postgraduate scholars to show case their work in a leading postcolonial academic journal and to earn some really useful research funding. 

The winners and runners-up constantly remind us of the innovative and timely contributions that postgraduate scholars make to postcolonial studies. The competition is a means of duly recognising their work and of furthering their careers as postcolonialists. 

The deadline for submissions is 1 April 2017.

Applicants are invited to submit an essay on any topic relating to postcolonial studies. We welcome essays from all disciplines, including cultural studies, geography, politics, theology, history, anthropology, literature, film, or development studies. The competition is open to any postgraduate student who is registered at any institution anywhere in the world, by, or within three months of, the submission deadline.

All essays are subject to an anonymous peer review by a panel of established experts in postcolonial studies. The winning essay will, subject to editorial approval, be published in The Journal of Postcolonial Writing, a journal that has a long tradition of publishing innovative work in the field and which has had an ongoing partnership with the PSA.

The winner will be awarded £250, and, should they not already be a member, will receive a complimentary year-long membership to the PSA. The runner-up will also have their work notably mentioned.

Guidelines for applicants

Essays should be no longer than 7,500 words (including bibliography and any notes), and must conform to the MLA referencing style), or shorter than 7,000 words. Any essays that are too long or too short will be automatically disqualified, so please ensure your word count meets this requirement.


The author’s identity must not be identifiable in any way from the essay (electronic tags, such as those on Microsoft word, should be removed).

Only one submission per person is allowed. Candidates who have previously entered the competition are welcome to enter again, but must submit a different piece of work.

No essay will be considered that has been published in any form elsewhere, whether in print form or online.

No essay, in whole or part, should be submitted for consideration for publication elsewhere before the winner is announced.

Entries must be submitted between November 2016 and 1 April 2017.

The judges’ and the JPW’s editors’ decisions are final.


For more information on submission of essays, please visit 

http://www.postcolonialstudiesassociation.co.uk/pg-essay-prize/

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