The Charles F H Evans Award
The Executive Committee of the Foundation for
Medieval Genealogy is pleased to announce, thanks to a generous donation
from one of our members, an annual prize for the best article based on
original or cutting edge research, leading to a major advancement in a
topic related to medieval genealogy.
Click here for information
on previous awards.
Full details of the award and conditions for entry may be
obtained by clicking here.
Briefly:
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One prize of £750 will be awarded annually (provided suitable entries are received).
The judges may offer a higher award for exceptional work, at their
discretion.
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It must represent original research on British or
continental European medieval genealogy or prosopography. The work will be
judged on its own merit, but we are particularly keen to encourage new
scholars. It must be unpublished (including on websites), and not submitted
or pending publication elsewhere.
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Candidates should submit a short work plan indicating
the scope and approach, to confirm it will be eligible for consideration.
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The research should be reported, in English, in an
article of about 10000-15000 words. The article should follow the usual
guidelines for Foundations.
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Entries must be received by 31st October in any given
year. The winning article will be published in the following issue of the
FMG journal Foundations. The editor reserves the right to amend the text for publication.
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Non-winning entries of suitable quality will also be
considered for publication in Foundations.
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