CJH Graduate Essay Competition
Submissions deadline: 15 August of each year.
The Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire annually awards the CJH/ACH Linda F. Dietz Graduate Essay Prize of $500 for the best article submitted by a graduate student registered at a Canadian university, or by a Canadian graduate student registered at any university in the world. The essay must be based on original research and meet scholarly standards. Articles may be written in English or French and should not exceed 10,000 words, including notes. As a rule, footnotes should make up no more than 20 percent of the article's total word count. The best submissions will undergo double-blind peer review and be judged by the CJH/ACH editor.
Please review our current submission guidelines and instructions for uploading in the "Author and Reviewer" tab of our website.
Indicate on the title page that your submission is intended for consideration in the Linda F. Dietz Graduate Essay Prize Competition.