CFP: 2018–19 Peirce Essay Prize

Submission deadline: August 1, 2018

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The 2018–2019 Charles S. Peirce Society Essay Prize
 
Topic: Any topic on or related to the work of Charles Sanders Peirce.
 
Awards: $1000 cash prize; presentation at the Society's next annual meeting, held in conjunction with the Eastern APA (in New York City, Jan. 7–10, 2019); possible publication, subject to editorial revision, in the Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society.
 
Submission Deadline: August 1, 2018
 
Length: Because the winning essay may be published in the Transactions, the length of contest submissions should be about the length of an average journal article.  The maximum acceptable length is 10,000 words, including notes.  The presentation of the winning submission at the annual meeting cannot exceed 30 minutes reading time.
 
Open to: Graduate students and persons who have held a Ph.D. or its equivalent for no more than seven years.  Entries from students who have not yet begun their graduate training will not be considered.  Past winners of the contest are ineligible.  Joint submissions are allowed provided that all authors satisfy the eligibility requirements.  The essay may be in any language, provided a 1,000-word summary of the paper’s argument, written in English, is supplied.  The winner will be required to present the paper in English and to translate it into English for publication in the Transactions.

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