Special No 6
Friday 5 November 2010
Vol cxli
pp. 1–120
The Prize is open to members of the University of Cambridge in statu pupillari. The Prize will be awarded for an original verse composition in any form, of not more than 500 lines in length. The winning poem will be published on each occasion in Salt, subject to the donor’s agreement.
The Prize will be a single award of £750, though a shared prize may be awarded in the event of two equally appropriate candidates. The Prize will not be awarded if no entries are of adequate quality; it will not be awarded twice to the same person. In addition the judges may, if they wish, make honourable mention of another entry or entries of outstanding merit, with the additional possibility of publication in Salt.
The Prize will be jointly administered by the Faculty of English and Churchill College. One judge will be appointed by the Faculty and one by the College. A third judge will be a practising poet selected by the donors.
Entries should be in typescript, loose leaf, and must not bear the author’s name. Four copies should be sent, together with a covering note of the name, College, and residential address of the author, to the Senior Tutor, Churchill College, Cambridge, CB3 0DS. They should arrive by the end of the Lent Full Term 2011. The award of the Prize will be announced by the end of the Easter Term 2011.
The Other Prize is open to members of the University of Cambridge in statu pupillari. It will be awarded for an original, unperformed play of any length. Candidates may enter more than one play. The Prize will be a single award of £750, though a shared prize may be awarded in the event of two equally appropriate candidates; the Prize will not be awarded if no entries are of adequate quality. The Prize may not be awarded twice to the same person. Adjudication will be in two stages. A short-list will be selected by a panel consisting of one appointee of Churchill College, one of Homerton College Theatre Department, and one of the Marlowe Society. Final adjudication will be by the Literary Manager of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). The Literary Managers of the RSC will run a one-day workshop on the winning entry with RSC actors. This will be with a view to production by the Marlowe Society during the following Michaelmas Term. Candidates must send four copies of their entry which should be in typescript and in loose-leaf form, and must not bear the author’s name. They should be sent, with a covering note of the author’s name, College, and home address to the Senior Tutor, Churchill College, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.
Entries should arrive by the end of the Lent Full Term 2011. The winner will be announced by the end of the Easter Term 2011.