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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> The New England Quarterly
[mailto:The_New_England_Quarterly@xmr3.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November
16, 2005 1:10 PM<BR><B>To:</B> SUSAN.STRAIGHT@UCR.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Prestigious Essay Contests for Scholars<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Dear Department
Chair:</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The New England
Quarterly,</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
a Historical Review of New England Life and Letters, administers two annual
essay contests, one in <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">early American
history</B> (December deadline), and the other in <B>nineteenth- and
twentieth-century New England literary history</B> (June deadline), both with
generous prize awards and the opportunity for publication in <I>NEQ</I>. Please
pass this announcement along to faculty members and graduate students who may
want to participate.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Thank you for helping us get
the word out about these prize opportunities.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Linda Smith Rhoads,
Editor</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The New England
Quarterly</SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">249
Meserve Hall</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Northeastern
University</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Boston, MA 02115</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"></SPAN></I> </P>
<H1>2005 Walter Muir Whitehill Prize in Early American History</H1>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">This prize of <B>$2500,</B>
sponsored by t<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">he Colonial Society of
Massachusetts and</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>established
in memory of Walter Muir Whitehill, former editor of publications for the
Society, will be awarded for a distinguished essay on colonial history, with
preference being given to New England subjects. A committee of members of the
Colonial Society will act as judges: Bernard Bailyn, Harvard University; Robert
Middlekauff, University of California, Berkeley; and Edmund Sears Morgan, Yale
University. <B>Submissions for the 2005 prize must be postmarked by 31 December
2005. </B>The prizewinner will be announced in the spring of 2006, and the
winning essay will be published in <I>The New England Quarterly</I>. For prize
specifications, see <I>NEQ</I>’s website, <!--messageREACH-object-start--><A
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Essays may be submitted to Whitehill Prize Committee, c/o Linda Smith Rhoads,
Editor, <I>The New England Quarterly, </I>249 Meserve Hall, Northeastern
University, Boston, MA 02115.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">2006 Herbert Ross Brown
Prize in New England Literary History, 1820–2000</SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">This prize of <B>$2000,</B>
established by the editors of <I>The New England Quarterly</I> in memory of
Herbert Ross Brown, editor of <I>NEQ</I> from 1945 to 1980, will be awarded for
a distinguished essay in New England literary history, 1820–2000. The editors
will accept essays discussing New England literature in the broadest sense—from
slave narratives, to poetry and novels, to political and religious tracts. The
judges are Nina Baym, University of Illinois; Andrew Delbanco, Columbia
University; and James Longenbach, University of Rochester. The prizewinner will
be announced in the fall of 2006, and the winning essay will be published in
<I>NEQ. </I><B>Submissions for the 2006 prize must be postmarked by 30 June
2006.</B> For prize specifications, see <I>NEQ</I>’s<I> </I>website, <!--messageREACH-object-start--><A
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Essays may be submitted to Brown Prize Committee, c/o Linda Smith Rhoads,
Editor, <I>The New England Quarterly,</I> 249 Meserve Hall, Northeastern
University, Boston, MA 02115.</SPAN></P>
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