Essay writing competition

Economics essay competition

Published: October 24 2008 14:59 | Last updated: October 24 2008 14:59

To celebrate the publication of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2e Palgrave Macmillan is pleased to announce The New Palgrave Economics Writing Prize.

You are invited to submit a 1000 word essay on the subject of Why Economics Matters.

The winning essay will be published on www.dictionaryofeconomics.com and www.ft.com. In addition to this, the winner will receive:

£1000

A personal 12 month subscription to The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online.

Entries should be emailed to dictionaryofeconomics@palgrave.com by 11th November 2008.

The winner will be announced one month later.

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics contains 1872 articles by 1506 of the world’s leading economists, including 25 Nobel Prize winners.

Why not make use of this dynamic resource when researching your essay?

For the next two weeks, we are providing FREE access to the Dictionary when accessed via this page. Please click here to access The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online.

The essays will be judged by:

Tim Besley, Kuwait Professor of Economics and Political Science, LSE, External Member, Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee and Contributor to The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

Chris Giles, Economics Editor, The Financial Times

Tim Harford, Leader Writer, The Financial Times

Stephen Rutt, Global Publishing Director, Economics, Business and Management, Palgrave Macmillan

Terms and Conditions

● Essays submitted any later than midnight 11th November 2008 GMT will not be accepted.

● Employees from Palgrave Macmillan Ltd or The Financial Times are not eligible to enter this competition.

● Prize money will be issued no later than 45 days after the winner is announced, providing the address and contact details of the winner have been supplied.

● Free access to the Dictionary from this web page will expire on 11th November 2008.

● Essays must be submitted in electronic form as a word document.

● Essays must be in English and typed in double spacing throughout.

● Essays must not exceed 1,100 words in total length, including references.

● The author of the submitted essay warrants that the submitted essay, other than direct quotations from third parties appearing in quotation marks and properly referenced in Harvard form, is entirely original to the author, the author is the sole owner of all rights in the essay, other than such third party material, and the essay does not infringe any copyright or other intellectual property of any other person.

● The author of the submitted essay warrants that no part of the submitted essay has previously been published in any form.

● The author of the submitted essay warrants that no material requiring permission to reproduce from third parties shall be included.

● The author of each shortlisted entry will be required to submit a signed copy of the Terms and Conditions before final judging takes place and assign copyright in their essay, in the event of it winning, to Macmillan Publishers.

Source: www.ft.com