Deadline: 8 December 2011
The CASA Essay competition is held under the auspices of Akroterion: Journal of the Classics in South Africa, housed in the Department of Ancient Studies, University of Stellenbosch.
The intention of the competition is to encourage promising undergraduate and Honors students in Africa to pursue their interest in Classics. Essays on any aspect of Greek or Latin language or literature, or classical history or civilization may be submitted. The idea is that students should submit work done as part of their courses, but they may of course write specifically for the competition if they choose. Lecturers are kindly requested to bear this competition in mind when they consider that their students have submitted essays of suitable quality and encourage these students to submit their work for consideration.
The essays are judged by a panel consisting of three South African scholars: Dr Johan Cilliers (University of the Free State), Prof Peter Tennant (University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg) and Prof Marianne Dircksen (University of North West). The final editing and preparation of the essay for publication are done by the Essay Editor and the members of the Akroterion Editorial Committee.
The competition is open to undergraduates every year and to Honours students in even-numbered years only. Students who complete Honours in an odd-numbered year may submit essays for the open competition held the following year. Only one essay per candidate may be submitted per year; a prize winner may not compete in subsequent years of the competition.
Students from any university in Africa may submit entries. Essays may be in English or Afrikaans, and should not exceed 3 000 words in length (exceptions will only be made if space is available and if the quality of the work warrants this).
Essays submitted for the competition need not conform to the guidelines set out in the ‘Notes for Contributors' in Akroterion, but the author of the winning essay should be prepared to edit it, if so requested. Work may be typed, printed or hand-written although electronic versions will be much appreciated. The winning entry will be published in Akroterion. In addition, the winner as well as the runner-up will receive a cash prize. The prizes and the cost of publishing the essay are both sponsored by the CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA.
All entries should be sent to Dr Johan Cilliers, postmarked (or preferably emailed) not later than 8 December at the following address:
Dept. of English and Classical Languages (Internal box 28)
University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300
Tel. +27 (051) 436-8138
Fax. +27 (051) 448-3942
e-mail: jcillier@mweb.co.za
Please direct queries either to Dr Cilliers or to Dr Christoff Zietsman at the Department of Ancient Studies, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa. Telephone: +27 (021) 808-3142; fax: +27 (021) 808-3480; e-mail: jcz@sun.ac.za
Contact Information:
For inquiries: jcz@sun.ac.za
For submissions: jcillier@mweb.co.za
Website: http://academic.sun.ac.za/akroterion/akroguid.htm