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Society & Culture Spotlight PGR and ECR Writing Competition

Society & Culture Spotlight

PGR & ECR Writing Competition

The Society & Culture Spotlight would like to invite Postgraduate Researchers and Early Career Researchers across the University of Warwick to apply to our 2023/24 writing competition.

This is an exciting opportunity for your work to be published on the Society & Culture Spotlight webpage, receive a supportive mentor and to present your work at a Society & Culture Spotlight Celebration Event. It is a chance to get creative and to shape our work in the areas of society and culture.

The published authors and winner will receive a monetary prize.

 

The competition will take place in two stages:

Stage 1:

Expression of Interest

Postgraduate Researchers and Early Career Researchers are invited to submit a 250 word expression of interest by 12:00 Monday 20th May 2024.

More information & Application linked here.

Stage 2:

Invitation for Final Submission

Following the Expression of Interest, a selection of applicants will be invited to submit a developed version of their submission application, which will be published on the Society & Culture Spotlight website.

The final submission will be no longer that 3000 words.

 

Competition Timeline

Monday 13th May 2024

10:00 - 11:00

Drop-in Microsoft Teams event for interested applicants to ask questions about the competition.

To receive the Microsoft Teams meeting link, please email

idrsociety@warwick.ac.uk.

Wednesday 15th May 2024

Deadline for Expressions of Interest

Friday 31st May 2024

Selected applicants invited to submit developed version for publication and mentor assigned.

Monday 24th June 2024

Final Submission due for review and publishing.

Tuesday 2nd July 2024

Celebration Event for PGR & ECR Network and published writers to present their work.

 

For queries around the event, please contact idrsociety@warwick.ac.uk.