Dean Zimmerman sent along the following announcement, which should be of interest to many readers. I’d submit a paper if I had, er, a good metaphysical idea to promote.
*Essay Competition: The _Oxford Studies in Metaphysics_ Younger Scholar Prize*
_Oxford Studies in Metaphysics_ is pleased to announce the continuation of its annual essay competition, the Younger Scholar Prize. The contest is administered by the editorial board of _Oxford Studies in Metaphysics_, and supported by the generosity of the A.M.Monius Institute. The competition is open to both current graduate students and scholars who have received their doctoral degree within the past ten years. Essays may be on any topic in metaphysics. Although the essay should not be primarily historical in nature, it may pay careful attention to the metaphysics of important philosophers from any era. The winner receives $2,500, and the winning essay is published in _Oxford Studies in Metaphysics_.
Submissions must be postmarked by January 15, 2005, to be eligible for this years prize. (This is a change from the originally announced deadline of November 30, 2004.)
Length is limited to 10,000 words; permission to submit a longer piece should be sought by December 31. Essays should not be under review elsewhere while being considered for the prize. Refereeing will be blind; authors should omit non-anonymous remarks and references from their essays. Please include a cover letter with contact information.
The winner, to be announced in February of 2005, will be chosen by a committee of the members of the editorial board of _Oxford Studies in Metaphysics_. The board comprises David Chalmers (University of Arizona), Tamar Gendler (Cornell University), Sally Haslanger (M.I.T.), John Hawthorne (Rutgers University), E. J. Lowe (University of Durham), Brian McLaughlin (Rutgers University), Kevin Mulligan (Université de Geneve), Theodore Sider (Rutgers University), and Timothy Williamson (Oxford University).
Last years prize winner was Thomas Hofweber, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His essay on Inexpressible properties and propositions is forthcoming in volume two of _Oxford Studies in Metaphysics_.
We hope the opportunity to publish in the Oxford Studies series will be attractive to younger scholars. The first volume appeared in the spring of 2004, with new essays by David Lewis, Thomas Crisp, Peter Ludlow, Ned Markosian, Simon Keller, Peter van Inwagen, David Armstrong, Cian Dorr, Peter Unger, John Heil. Ned Hall, Ryan Wasserman, John Hawthorne, and Mark Scala. Future volumes shall include essays by Ned Block, John Perry, Stephen White, Peter Forrest, Trenton Merricks, Hud Hudson, Brian Leftow, Michael Bergmann, Jeffrey Brower, Eli Hirsch, Michael Loux, Michael Jubien, Phillip Bricker, and Mark Heller.
Two hard copies of the essay (no virtual submissions, please) should be addressed to:
Dean Zimmerman, Editor
_Oxford Studies in Metaphysics_
Philosophy Department
Rutgers University
Davison Hall, Douglass College
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Please feel free to pass this information on to any students, colleagues, and friends who may be eligible.
For more on the prize, and other initiatives taken by the A.M.Monius Institute to promote the study of metaphysics, visit “www.ammonius.org”:http://www.ammonius.org.