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The 2014 Rosemary VanArsdel Prize
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
Deadline: May 1, 2014
The VanArsdel Prize is awarded annually to the best graduate
student essay investigating Victorian periodicals and newspapers. The prize was
established in 1990 to honor Rosemary VanArsdel, a founding member of RSVP
whose groundbreaking research continues to shape the field of
nineteenth-century periodical studies.
Graduate students are invited to submit essays for the 2014
VanArsdel Prize for the best graduate student essay on, about, or extensively
using Victorian periodicals. The winner will receive $300 and publication
in Victorian Periodicals Review.
Submissions should be 15-25 pages, excluding notes and bibliography.
Manuscripts should not have appeared in print. Send e-mail submissions to VPR Editor Alexis Easley (maeasley @
stthomas.edu) by May 1, 2014. Submissions should be formatted as Word files in
Chicago style with identifying information removed. In an accompanying e-mail,
applicants should include a description of their current status in graduate
school.
For more information please visit: http://www.rs4vp.org/prizes.html
