Russ Shafer-Landau has just announced a Call for Papers for a new paper
competition: the Marc Sanders Prize in Metaethics. The winner of the prize will receive $8,000, present his or
her paper at the upcoming Wisconsin Metaethics Workshop
(https://sites.google.com/site/wiscmew/), and have the winning
paper included in a forthcoming volume of Oxford Studies in
Metaethics. Details below the fold.
The
Marc Sanders Prize in Metaethics
In keeping with its mission of encouraging and recognizing
excellence in
philosophy, The Marc Sanders Foundation seeks to highlight the
importance of
ongoing support for the work of younger scholars. As part of this
commitment,
the Foundation has dedicated resources to an ongoing essay
competition,
designed to promote excellent research and writing in metaethics
on the part of
younger scholars.
The Marc Sanders Prize in Metaethics is an annual essay
competition open to
scholars who are within fifteen (15) years of receiving a Ph.D. or
students who
are currently enrolled in a graduate program. Independent scholars
may also be
eligible, and should direct inquiries to the Editor of Oxford
Studies in
Metaethics Russ Shafer-Landau, at shaferlandau@wisc.edu.
The award for the prizewinning essay is $8,000, and winning essays
will be
published in Oxford Studies in Metaethics. The recipient
of the award
will be expected to present his or her paper at the Annual
Wisconsin Metaethics
Workshop, this year held on September 27-29 at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
More information about the Workshop can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/wiscmew/.
Submitted essays must present original research in metaethics.
Essays
should be between 7,500 and 12,000 words. Since winning essays
will
appear in Oxford Studies in Metaethics, submissions
must not be under
review elsewhere. To be eligible for this year’s prize,
submissions must be
received, electronically, by August 1st 2013.
Refereeing
will be blind; authors should omit remarks and references that
might disclose
their identities. Receipt of submissions will be acknowledged by
e-mail. The
winner will be determined by a committee of members of the
Editorial Board of Oxford
Studies in Metaethics and will be announced by mid-
to-late-August.