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Manuscript Competition

pen ICI seeks significant, original manuscripts that enrich and develop research in fields related to the study of the African Diaspora. Only untenured professors in the relevant fields are eligible for the competition. The candidate may submit a manuscript on a single, cohesive topic or a series of linked essays in either the Humanities or the Social Sciences.

Submissions will be evaluated by senior professors in various fields of African Diasporic studies. The competition will be held every other year, and the winners will be announced in the fall of the year that the symposium is held. Both the competition and the symposium will now be held on a biennial basis (2009, 2011, 2013, etc).

Winners of the two prizes - the Anna Julia Cooper Prize in the Humanities and the Ida B. Wells Prize in the Social Sciences - will each receive $3000 and the opportunity for a book contract.

There is no page or word limit, but the manuscript must be written in English.

Goals of the Competition

• Expand the study of the global African Diaspora in the areas of the Humanities and Social Sciences

• Bridge the gap between new faculty entering the world of academia in this field and those who have reached tenure

2011 Manuscript Competition

We are extending the deadline for the receipt of letters of inquiry to the 2011 ICI book competition to 1 February 2011. Please see calendar below for emendations:

November 30, 2010-Feburary 1, 2011: Open call for applications to the 2011 ICI Book Competition

February 15, 2011: Candidates notified if they are invited to submit a full manuscript

March 15-30, 2011: Manuscript submissions. The full manuscript is due. All submissions must be exclusive to ICI.

April 1-August 1, 2011: Manuscript evaluations

September 29-October 1, 2011: Fall Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee. Fall symposium is to include panels, roundtables and film; and closing banquet on Saturday evening.

Fall 2012: Prize winners will be announced.