Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland (SNSBI)

Essay Prize.

1. A prize of £100 will be awarded annually for the best essay on any topic relating to the place-names and/or personal names of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Man or the Channel Islands.

2. Submissions are invited from all students and other researchers. The prize will normally be awarded to those who have not hitherto had work in onomastics published.

3. Essays should be about 5,000 words in length.

4. Essays should in some way make an original contribution to the subject.

5. Two copies of the essay should be submitted in clear typescript, double spaced, and including a bibliography of source-material used and of books and authors cited.

6. Entries will be judged by a panel appointed by the President of the Society, and may be considered for publication in NOMINA.

7. Entries must be submitted by 30th June each year to the Hon. Sec. SNSBI (address below). Provided an essay of sufficient merit is forthcoming, the winner will be announced later the same year.

Miss J. Scherr, Hon. Sec. SNSBI,
c/o Medical Library, School of Medical Science,
Unversity of Bristol,
University Walk, BRISTOL BS8 1TD.
ENGLAND.

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