[Bups-l] Second notice of British Journal of Undergraduate Philosophy Essay Contest

[Edward Grefenstette]

Do you have some quality work to share? Then we have something for  
you. The British Journal of Undergraduate Philosophy proudly presents  
its first essay competition, with prizes supplied by our sponsors:  
the Royal Institute of Philosophy, Edinburgh University Press, and  
The Philosopher’s Magazine. Read on...

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Second notice of BJUP Essay Contest
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The BJUP essay contest has been set up in order to provide an extra  
forum in which undergraduates may excel, to celebrate the role of  
undergraduates in academic philosophy and to encourage the brightest  
of budding philosophers. For those aspiring to an academic career,  
this should be incentive enough to enter, although there is money to  
be won, as well as reputation. Authors successful in the competition  
may be offered publication in the British Journal of Undergraduate  
Philosophy, as well as the opportunity to speak at one of our events.  
All the following details are available on our site, http:// 
www.bups.org; enquiries at info at bups.org.

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Contest Format
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Essays may be of no more than 4,000 words.

Authors may choose their own title so long as their essay relates to  
one or more of the following topics:
Mind
Language
Truth
Knowledge

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Entrance
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Essays should be handled using the journal’s usual policy for  
ensuring anonymous reviewing. (Essays should be emailed to  
contest at bups.org in a word document that does not contain the  
author’s name. A separate document should be given with the essay  
title and word length and author’s name, so that we can re-match  
essays to authors after reviewing.)

The closing date on submissions will be Friday 18th May at noon.  
Authors will be informed of the competition panel's decision within  
four weeks.

Only one piece of work per author may be submitted. For this reason,  
and to regulate the volume of submissions, we unfortunately can only  
accept submissions from authors currently enrolled in a UK higher- 
education institution. Members of the BUPS Committee are excluded  
from the competition.

Judging will be handled by our team of professional academics, who  
act as reviewers on a voluntary basis.

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Sponsorship and Prizes
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First Prize:          £200 and a year’s subscription to The  
Philosopher’s Magazine
Second Prize:      £50 and £50 in book tokens
Third Prize:         £30 in book tokens and a year's subscription to  
the BJUP

This has been made possible by
The Royal Institute of Philosophy - http:// 
www.royalinstitutephilosophy.org/index.php
The Philosopher's Magazine - http://www.philosophersnet.com/
and Edinburgh University Press - http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/