Undergraduate and postgraduate students are invited to submit papers for the Lucretia Mott Student Essay Award. Outstanding student paper submissions that demonstrate creative analysis and/or introduce a new field of research and make an original contribution to the field of Quaker studies will be considered for the award.
The winning entry will receive a $200 award. It may also be recommended for publication in the journal Quaker Studies.
Submissions must meet the following criteria to be considered:
no more than 3,500 words (including footnotes and bibliography)
be presented in 12-point font and double-spaced
formatted according to Chicago Manual of Style
be free of clerical or grammatical errors
the candidate must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate programme at the time of paper submission.
Submissions should include:
an electronic document in standard word processing format, without author information (submit author information in a separate file)
name and home mailing address
graduate or undergraduate status
American Academy of Religion Program Unit to which the paper was submitted, along with presentation time and location, if applicable.
Submit electronically by 31 October 2023 to Joseph Weisberg (jweisberg@brandeis.edu). Awards will be announced at the Quaker Studies Program Unit Business Meeting during the American Academy of Religion.