Society for Social History of Medicine Roy Porter Prize 2018
Rules and Entry Form
The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2018 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition.
The Prize
One prize will be awarded for the best original, unpublished essay in the social history of medicine in this competition. The winner will be awarded £500. The winning entry may also be published in the journal, Social History of Medicine, subject to the usual reviewing procedures. The Editors of SHM reserve the right to invite any of the entrants to submit their essays for consideration by the journal.
The prize will not be awarded if the Panel considers that none of the essays reaches an acceptable standard.
Eligibility
- Undergraduate or postgraduate students, part-time or full-time; registered as of the deadline for submission of entries orawarded their degree (e.g. Bachelors, Masters, PhD, DPhil) in 2018.
- All candidates must join the Society for the Social History of Medicine by the date of submission. You can join the Society via the website of Oxford University Press. (The membership requirement may be waived for residents of developing countries, as listed on the OUP website. Please contact the Executive Secretary for further guidance). As proof of membership please state your SSHM membership number on the detachable Entry Form (see point 3 below)
- Members of the Executive Committee of the SSHM or the Editorial Board of Social History of Medicine may not enter the competition, even if otherwise eligible
- Candidates who are uncertain as to whether they are eligible to enter the competition should contact the Executive Secretary (sshmexecsec@gmail.com) before preparing their entry.
Submission Rules
Essays must be:
- Unpublished and not submitted to any other competition at the same time
- Written in English
- Anonymous (authors must identify themselves only on the Entry Form available via our website stating SSHM membership number)
- 5000-9000 words in length(including footnotes).
- Referenced in accordance with conventions of Social History of Medicine, available at http://shm.oxfordjournals.org under ‘Instructions for authors’
- not previously submitted to this competition
Assessment Panel
The panel will consist of the Chair of the Society, one of the Editors of SHM and two members of the Executive Committee of the Society, with the assistance of members of the editorial board.
All enquiries should be addressed to the Executive Secretary