Corpora: Linguistics essay prize competition

[Philip Resnik]

For students everywhere, busily finishing up your term papers in
linguistics: this is a great time to think about sending your paper in
to this year's competition for the University of Maryland
Undergraduate Essay Prize in Linguistics.  If you've got a good paper,
it could earn you $1000 and immortality (via publication in the UMD
Working Papers in Linguistics).

Details of the competition are at http://benjamin.umd.edu/prize0102/
and below.

Happy holidays!

______________________________________________________________________

 The University of Maryland Undergraduate Essay Prize in Linguistics

		      DEADLINE: JANUARY 8, 2002
______________________________________________________________________


The University of Maryland Department of Linguistics is pleased to
announce the 2001/2002 University of Maryland Undergraduate Essay
Prize in Linguistics, an international competition now in its fourth
year.

The prize of $1000 will be awarded for the best undergraduate student
essay on a topic in linguistics, and the winning essay will be
published in the 2002 University of Maryland Working Papers in
Linguistics.

Submissions may be in the areas of computational linguistics, formal
semantics, language acquisition, language change, lexical semantics,
neurolinguistics, phonology, psycholinguistics, and formal syntax.

  * Eligibility. Applicants must at the time of submission be enrolled
    at least half time in an undergraduate program of study leading to
    a bachelor's degree or equivalent, and must not already possess
    any degree in linguistics. Essays should have been written within
    the previous or current academic year, and must represent the
    original work of the applicant. Previously published essays will
    not be considered for the award. Current and former students of
    the University of Maryland, College Park are ineligible.

  * Deadline. Applicants must submit three (3) copies of the essay to
    the address listed below, to be received no later than January 8,
    2002. Late submissions will not be considered.

  * Length and format. Essays must be submitted in English, typed or
    word-processed in no smaller than 10-point font, single-sided,
    double-spaced, and on white paper, with at least 1-inch margins on
    all sides. Applicants should use single-spaced endnotes rather
    than footnotes, and follow style guidelines of either the Modern
    Language Association (MLA) or the American Psychological
    Association (APA). Essays must be no longer than twenty pages,
    excluding bibliography, including at most two pages of endnotes.
    Essays not conforming to these instructions will not be
    considered.

    The applicant's name must not be included on the essay, since
    reviewing is anonymous. Instead, include a cover sheet listing the
    title of the essay, applicant's name, address, telephone number,
    e-mail address (if available), school and program attending, year
    in the program, and the topic area or areas of the essay (taken
    from the list above).

  * Judging. All essays will be judged anonymously by the Faculty in
    Linguistics at the University of Maryland, College Park.

  * Award. The Essay Prize of $1000 will be awarded in spring 2002,
    and the winning essay included in the 2002 Maryland Working Papers
    in Linguistics. The Department reserves the right not to award the
    prize in a given year and may change the terms of the award for
    future competitions.

Submissions should be sent to:

Undergraduate Essay Prize
Department of Linguistics
1401 Marie Mount Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-7505 USA

Inquiries should be directed to the above address, or to the
Undergraduate Essay Prize Coordinator: Philip Resnik,
resnik at benjamin.umd.edu, (301) 405-8903.

______________________________________________________________________