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Subject line: Scholarly Operatic Competition 2004
John Harrison
National Opera Association
Jnoajoin@aol.com
Dear Reader:
Please notice that this year's competition by the National Opera
Association offers a travel stipend to a winner and requires no entrance
fee.
If it does not rouse your interest, could you please give it to a
colleague or doctoral student?
Thank you, John Harrison, Chair, Scholarly Papers Committee
National Opera Association
Twentieth 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 Twentieth Scholarly
Papers Competition, 2004, 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 1, 2004.
Author notification: after September 1, 2004.
Previous winners of this competition may not re-apply, but are strongly
encouraged to submit articles for consideration to "The Opera Journal," an 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or will not be published in any proceedings.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, January 6-9, 2005, at New York City. 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@mail.wtamu.edu
Deadline for the submission of scholarly papers: June 3, 2004.
Author notification: after September 1, 2004.
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