Announcing the Sites senior student essay competition 2023
19-12-2022
Eligibility:
- The applicant must be a 300 level or postgraduate student in a degree-granting programme when the paper is written; must be the sole author of the paper; and must submit the paper no more than two years after it was written.
- The paper must be an original work based on original research and/or analyses conducted by the author.
- At the time of submission for this competition, the essay must not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
Key dates:
- Deadline for submissions: 15 March 2023
- Winning essay announced: 15 April 2023
- Publication-ready essay due to Editor: 15 June 2023
Judging criteria:
- Provides a well-rounded, in-depth analysis of an important social and/or cultural phenomenon.
- Develops knowledge in Anthropology and/or Cultural Studies of broad interest and value.
- Shows evidence of theoretical sophistication: the theory allows the material to speak within the discipline and/or add to the discipline.
- There is evidence of intellectual risk-taking: opens up promising lines of inquiry calling for additional research or work beyond what the paper can hope to cover.
- The writing style is thoroughly engaging and the essay ready for publication in its current form or with minor emendations.
The length of essays submitted for this competition is 4,000 – 6,000 words (including endnotes and references). Please follow this link for additional layout guidelines for authors: https://sites.otago.ac.nz/Sites/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
Sites is a delayed open access journal with contents available in open access 12 months after an issue is published.
Enquiries and competition essay submissions should be directed to sites@otago.ac.nz