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Prizes and AwardsFRANK CHAPMAN SHARP MEMORIAL PRIZE Deadline March 15, 2008 FRANK CHAPMAN SHARP MEMORIAL PRIZE Most recent awardee: 2007 Jeff McMahan, "The Morality and Law of War" Deadline
for submission for 2009 Prize: March 15, 2008. Summary This prize is awarded to the best unpublished essay or monograph on the philosophy of war and peace submitted for the competition. Process:
The winning entry is selected by a committee of 3-6 members, appointed
by the Chair of the APA's Committee on Lectures, Publications, and Research,
in consultation with LPR committee members.
The Frank Chapman Sharp Memorial Prize was established in 1990 with funds donated by Eliot and Dorothy Sharp and several other members and friends of the Sharp family to honor the memory of Eliot's father. Frank Chapman Sharp was President of the Western Division of the APA in 1907-08 and was a member of the philosophy faculty at the University of Wisconsin from 1893 until his retirement in 1936. Dr. Sharp was born in 1866 and died in 1943.
APA Members and student associates are eligible to submit unpublished essays or monographs for the prize. Manuscripts should be between 7,500 to 75,000 words (between 30 and 300 double-spaced typed pages), and not published OR committed for publication at the time of the award. Undergraduate entrants must be philosophy majors (or something close); graduate students must be enrolled in, or on leave from, a graduate program in philosophy. Authors must be current members of the APA in good standing. Send four (4) copies of the paper, with the title and author's name and affiliation on a separate page. Any identifying references in the body and footnotes of the manuscript should be removed. Deadline for submission: March 15, 2008. Submissions should be sent to: Sharp Memorial Prize, American Philosophical Association, 31 Amstel Avenue, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716.
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