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The 2008 Norton Scholar’s Prize


Call for Submissions

Established upon the 75th anniversary of W. W. Norton & Company, the Norton Scholar’s Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding undergraduate essay on a literary topic.

The Norton Scholar will receive a cash award of $2,500. The Norton Scholar's nominating instructor will receive transportation to the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association.

Four runners-up will each receive a cash award of $1,000.

The deadline for submissions is April 11, 2008.

Rules and Restrictions

Competition for The Norton Scholar’s Prize is open to undergraduates enrolled during the 2007-2008 academic year in an accredited two- or four-year college or university. No purchase is necessary to participate. Employees of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., and their children are not eligible, nor are children of authors who have published with W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Each entry must be accompanied by a covering letter on departmental stationery from a nominating instructor. Each instructor may nominate only one student essay for consideration. The nominating instructor should include his or her name, address, phone number, and title, and should certify that the essay is the only one that he or she is nominating for the prize. In addition, the instructor should provide a one-paragraph summary of the essay's merits.

Student essays may cover any topic in English, American, or comparative literature and must be printed in 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, and be between 1,750 and 3,000 words in length. The essays should follow the latest MLA guidelines for format and citation of sources, with the exception that the student's name should not appear within the body of the essay, headers, or footers. Students must provide a cover sheet that includes their name, permanent address (where they can be reached during summer months), permanent phone number, projected year of graduation, and title of the paper. Each student may submit only one essay for consideration.

Entries must be postmarked no later than April 11, 2008, and should be sent to:

The Norton Scholar's Prize
attn: Peter Simon
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
500 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10110

Winners will be notified by November 3, 2008.

All essays become the property of W. W. Norton & Company, and will not be returned. In addition, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., reserves the right to reprint essays for promotional or educational purposes.

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