The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology invites the submission of essays by early career researchers for the Nadel Essay Prize.

The Nadel Essay Prize celebrates excellence in ethnographic writing. Ethnographically-based original papers are invited on social and cultural anthropology relating to the Asia Pacific region, including Australia. This annual prize, inaugurated in 2011 to commemorate 60 years of Anthropology at the Australian National University, is named after S.F. Nadel, who was appointed Foundation Professor of Anthropology in 1951.

The Prize

The winner of the prize will be announced in January 2014. The winner will receive a prize of $250, a year’s subscription to the journal and promotion on the journal’s website.

Jury

All papers submitted for the prize will be evaluated by the Editorial Board. The jury will evaluate on the originality, the quality of the argumentation, conceptual clarity and overall readability. The jury decision will be final. There is only one prize per year and the Board reserves the right to award no prize if submitted material is not of an appropriate standard. Shortlisted submissions for the prize will be peer reviewed for publication in the journal.

Conditions

Anthropologists who have earned their doctorate within five years prior to submission are invited to submit. Papers should be on the topic of the journal: please visit the journal’s website:www.tandfonline.com/rtap. The submission should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere, and should not be submitted to any other journal until the outcome of the competition is known.

Word limit: 8,000 words

Closing date for submissions: 31 October 2013

Papers must be submitted online at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rtap

For inquiries please contact the journal: tapja@anu.edu.au