RMMLA-Mellen Press Award

RMMLA-Mellen Press Award The Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association sponsors an annual RMMLA-Mellen Award for an Outstanding Monograph in Literary Studies. The author of the successful manuscript will be awarded a stipend of $1,000, and the manuscript will be published by Mellen Press. For the purpose of this monograph series, Literary Studies includes criticism , historical backgrounds, and cultural relations. Manuscripts may be in English, French, German, or Spanish. The award will be announced at the 1993 convention in Denver, Colorado. Manuscripts for the award are due in the office of the Executive Director April 1, 1993. RMMLA members who are willing to serve as reviewers are invited to send a letter to that effect along with a current vita to the Executive Director. Guidelines for the RMMLA-Mellen Award: 1.Only book-length manuscripts will be considered. 2.Only manuscripts by members of RMMLA will be considered. 3.Only unpublished manuscripts will be considered. 4.Manuscripts must be submitted as anonymous. The title page should contain only the title of the manuscript, and all references in text and notes which would identify the author should be removed. Indicate name, manuscript title, address, and telephone number, and identify on a separate sheet the general field and century/period covered by the manuscript. 5.Edited collections of essays by various authors will not be considered. 6.An author may submit more than one manuscript. 7.Manuscripts under consideration by another publisher will not be considered. 8.Readers of manuscripts will be experts in the field and will be selected by the RMMLA Book Award Committee. 9.The manuscript should conform to the latest MLA stylesheet. 10.Two clear and easy-to-read copies of the manuscript should be submitted . Final copies of successful manuscripts will require one very clear, easily scanned copy. 11.The prize will be $1,000 paid by the Mellen Press and publication by the Mellen Press. 12.Manuscript deadline is April 1, 1993. Announcement of the RMMLAMellen Award winner will be made at the 1993 RMMLA convention. 180 ...