Cambridge University Reporter


George Williams Prize: Notice

Statutes and Ordinances, 2005, pp. 700 and 884

The Faculty Board of Divinity give notice that candidates for the George Williams Prize, 2006, for an essay on some subject connected with liturgical study, must send the proposed subjects of their essays to Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge CB2 1TN so as to reach him not later than 28 February 2006. The Faculty of Divinity will submit them to the Adjudicators and communicate their approval or rejection to the candidate by the last day of Full Lent Term.

Any member of the University to whom the Prize had not previously been awarded may be a candidate, provided that on 19 December 2006 not less than five complete terms will have passed after his or her first term of residence or, if a graduate, he or she is of not more than ten years' standing from admission to a first degree, whether of this or another university.

Candidates must submit their essays to the Faculty of Divinity so as to reach him not later than 19 December 2006, each clearly written, or typewritten, or printed; they are recommended not to submit essays exceeding 20,000 words. The attention of candidates is drawn to the statements required from them under General Regulations 10, 11, and 12 for Prizes and Medals (Statutes and Ordinances, 2005, p. 700).

The value of the Prize is £400. The prize-money will not be paid until a printed or typewritten copy of the essay has been deposited in the University Library.