FORUM Essay Prize 2010: Music and Literature

FORUM ESSAY PRIZE 2010: MUSIC AND LITERATURE
FORUM FOR MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
DEADLINE: 31 JANUARY 2010

The General Editors of Forum are pleased to announce that, in memory of the distinguished musicologist and Forum editor Peter Branscombe, the 2010 Forum Prize is on the subject of music and literature. Articles of up to 6,000 words are invited for the competition: the winning article will be published in the journal and the author will receive the sum of £200. Reflective, polemical articles on music and literature are especially welcomed and may relate to any area and period of English, French, German, Iberian, Italian, Latin American and Russian literatures, languages and cultures. For the purposes of the Forum Prize, the subject of music and literature is defined in its broadest sense.

Professor Peter Branscombe (1929-2008) is best known for his work on Viennese musical theatre, and on Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Wagner. He was Professor of Austrian Studies at the University of St Andrews and was for many years a valued contributor to and editor of Forum.

Application: Articles should be submitted according to Forum style and to the General Editor (articles) by 31 January 2010, marked "For consideration for the Forum Prize". Entries may be submitted online via http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fmls. Forum's normal peer review processes will pertain, and short-listed articles will also be judged by additional subject specialists. The prize article will be announced and published in the July 2010 issue. Forum may publish other very strong submissions in subsequent general issues. For further details about the Prize, see www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/formod/forum_prize.html

Prize/Competition: Philip Brett Award (AMS)

PHILIP BRETT AWARD

AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY

DEADLINE 1 JULY 2009

The Philip Brett Award, sponsored by the LGBTQ Study Group of the American Musicological Society, will honor each year exceptional musicological work in the field of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender/transsexual studies completed during the previous two academic years (ending June 30), in any country and in any language. By “work” is meant a published article, book, edition, annotated translation, a paper read at a conference, teaching materials (course descriptions and syllabi), and other scholarly work accepted by the award committee that best exemplifies the highest qualities of originality, interpretation, theory, and communication in this field of study.

The award consists of the sum of $500 and a certificate, and will be announced at the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentation of the Society and conferred at the annual meeting of the LGBTQ Study Group.The committee will entertain nominations from any individual, including eligible scholars who are encouraged to nominate their own work. Individuals may receive the award on more than one occasion.

Nominations should include the name of the scholar, a description of the work, and a statement to the effect that the work was completed during the previous two academic years. By “completion” is meant the publication or commitment to publish from an editor in the case of articles, books, editions, etc.; delivery at a conference or the like in the case of a paper. The committee will contact the nominee for additional material as needed. Self-nominations should include any unpublished material to be considered and a curriculum vitae. Nominations, with five sets of application materials, should be sent by July 1 to the chair of the Philip Brett Award Committee:

Judith Peraino
Department of Music
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Lowens 2008 Book Award Competition - Society of American Music

LOWENS 2008 BOOK AWARD COMPETITION
SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN MUSIC
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
DEADLINE: 1 MAY 2009

We invite you to submit books published in the year 2008 for consideration for the Irving Lowens Book Award of the Society for American Music. The Society annually awards the prize for the book judged as the best in the field of American music. Any book on American music with a year 2008 imprint is eligible.

We define the term "American music" in its broadest, most inclusive sense. We view it as composed of the music of all of North America (Canada, USA, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean) in its historical and contemporary styles and contexts, including art and popular cultures, ethnic groups and minorities, along with its ramifications on cultures elsewhere in the world.

The Lowens Book Award represents our most prestigious honor and carries with it a monetary prize as well as a citation that will be presented at the national conference in the spring of 2009. A list of previous award winners, from 1983 to the present, may be viewed at the SAM website at http://american-music.org/awards/LowensBookAward.php.

Since each of the five members of the committee must review every book under consideration, we would appreciate your sending five (5) review copies to the members of the committee. Nominations and questions and may be directed to the chair of the committee, Larry Hamberlin (lhamberl at middlebury.edu).

DEADLINE: 1 MAY 2009

CFP: National Opera Association Scholarly Paper Competition

NATIONAL OPERA ASSOCIATION
25TH SCHOLARLY PAPER COMPETITION
CALL FOR PAPERS

Scholarly investigation is indispensable to the field of opera, especially as a basis for production and performance. The National Opera Association is pleased to announce its Twenty-Fifth Scholarly Papers Competition, 2009, for outstanding scholarly papers on operatic subjects.

ELIGIBILITY

The competition is open to any interested author. Membership in NOA is not required. No registration fee is required. Deadline for submission: June 15, 2009. Author notification: after September 1, 2009. Previous winners of this competition may not re-apply, but are strongly encouraged to submit articles for consideration to "The Opera Journal," a NOA publication.

GUIDELINES

The scholarly paper should explore an operatic subject, present significant research and conclusions, and include an extensive bibliography citing primary, secondary and, if applicable, tertiary sources. .Authors should follow these guidelines.
. The paper must be typewritten, double-spaced, no more than 3000 words in length.
. The paper's title and the name of its author should be provided on a detachable title page. The author's name should not appear on subsequent pages.
. Only one submission per person is admissible and must be accompanied by a statement confirming that the paper is not under copyright by any party other than the author and that it has not been previously published.
. Papers previously presented orally are eligible as long as they have not or will not be published in any proceedings.
. Papers will be judged particularly for significant advances in research and conclusions that shed new light on an operatic topic dealing with music drama, the libretto, the history of the genre, etc.
. Topics may be as broad as the field of opera itself, which includes historical and theoretical analysis of the music and libretto (along lines of current and past critical theory and translation thereof), singing, acting, costuming, stagecraft, theater, etc.
. The jury will consider the clarity and quality of the writing, judge the acceptability of the paper for publication in "The Opera Journal," and will also rate papers on their overall suitability to be read in an abridged version of no more than twenty minutes length at the convention's Scholarly Papers Session.

AWARDS

The winner will be invited to read her/his paper during the Scholarly Papers Session at the annual convention, early January, 2010, at Atlanta, Georgia. The Leland Fox Scholarly Paper Stipend of $500 will be awarded to the reader of a winning paper at the annual convention.
The winning paper will be published in "The Opera Journal."
Copies of papers not selected, accompanied by the committee's critiques, will be forwarded to the editor of the journal for possible consideration for publication.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

There is no application fee for the competition. Submission may be by mail or email attachment. Papers will not be returned. Submit entries and any inquiries about the competition to:
Dr. Robert Hansen
National Opera Association
PO Box 60869
Canyon, TX 79016-0001
email: rhansen at mail.wtamu.edu
Deadline for the submission of scholarly papers: June 15, 2009.
Author notification: after September 1, 2009.