Announcing the 2012 CELJ Awards Competition

 

Dr. Sol Miguel-Prendes

Department of Romance Languages

323 Greene Hall

Wake Forest University

Winston Salem, NC 27109

 

Office phone is 336.758.4403.

Entries should indicate “2012 CELJ Awards Competition” on the outside--marked as to be impossible to miss.

 

No submission materials will be returned. E-submissions are not allowed except to offer an addendum; for example, an electronic journal might reasonably wish to email a link permitting access to its website. But each journal submitting materials, must supply a hard-copy document containing all necessary particulars, and informing us that electronic sources are also being submitted by e-mail, in time for the deadline.

 

In your cover letter, indicate the award category you wish to enter; electronic journals must provide access information as described above.

 

Journals may compete in only one category. Please send an e-mail to solmp@wfu.edu indicating that your package is on its way; confirmation of receipt will be sent only by email. To insure prompt delivery, send submissions by courier or first-class mail - but not by fourth-class surface mail.

 

 

Eligibility: Any editor of a belletristic journal who has retired from an editorship within the previous 3 years is eligible. The editor must be nominated by the new editor or by a member of the current editorial board. Send 4 copies of the nomination with supporting documentation. Documentation may include any of the following: other letters of nomination by colleagues familiar with the editor's work; a brief C.V. in narrative format highlighting aspects of the editorship; selected sample issues of the journal illustrating key qualities of the editor's work; any other materials that can demonstrate the editor's influence on the field of literary publishing. Please provide circulation figures in the cover letter.

 

New journals with 3 years or fewer of publication history (2010–2012) are eligible. Print applicants must supply 4 copies of 2 different issues, 1 of which must be the most current issue. Electronic journals must specify which issue, along with the most current one, is to be judged. Submissions may include 4 copies of a letter from the editor, no longer than one page, introducing the new journal.

 

A fall/winter 2011 or a 2012 special issue may be submitted. Send 4 copies of the special issue or specify an electronic issue. No additional supporting documentation may be included.

 

Contestants must reach out beyond academe and connect with a popular audience in terms of accessible language and attractive presentation. Send 4 copies of the special issue, or specify an electronic issue, that seeks to achieve the democratic mission of higher education. A fall/winter 2011 or a 2012 issue may be submitted. No additional supporting documentation may be included.

 

Journals that have launched a new journal design within the previous 3 years (2010–2012) may submit. Print journals, send 4 copies each of the following: the last issue before the new design was launched, and 2 different sample issues of the new design. Electronic journals must provide access to the current website as described in "Rules of Eligibility for All Categories" above, and also make available the last website prior to present design--either by sending 4 copies on CDs or by providing a URL where the older site may be examined. Electronic journals must ensure that the submitted links work; non-working URLs will result in immediate disqualification. Part-print, part-electronic journals must advise and substantiate what components belong to which stage of the journal's development. Submissions may include 4 copies of a letter from the editor, no longer than one page, introducing the new design.

 

Journals that have launched an overall effort of revitalization or transformation within the previous 3 years (2010–2012) may submit. This award goes to the most improved journal, regardless of its state at the time the renovations began. A weak journal that has become excellent is eligible, but so too is an admired journal that manages to become dramatically better. Submissions must feature significant editorial change and may also feature change in design and other aspects of the journal's publication. Print journals, send 4 copies of each of the following: the last issue before the launch of the revitalization or transformation, and 2 different sample issues of the revitalized or transformed journal. Electronic journals, please provide access to the current, revitalized website as described in "Rules of Eligibility for All Categories" above, and also make available the last website prior to present state, either by sending 4 copies on CDs or by providing a URL where the older site may be examined. Part-print, part-electronic journals must advise and substantiate what components belong to which stage of the journal's development. Submissions may include 4 copies of a letter from the editor, no more than one page, introducing the journal's changes.

 

Any editor who has retired from an editorship within the previous 3 years (2010–2012) is eligible. The editor must be nominated by the new editor or by a member of the current editorial board. Send 4 copies of the nomination with supporting documentation. Supporting documentation may include any of the following: other letters of nomination by colleagues familiar with the editor's work; a brief C.V. in narrative format highlighting aspects of the editorship; selected sample issues of the journal illustrating key qualities of the editor's work; any other materials that can demonstrate the editor's influence on the journal's field of scholarship.

 

The recipient of the Codex Award will be selected from journals covering the period before 1500. The journal can be in any discipline—history, literature, the arts, music, or any other field—or be interdisciplinary, and it can cover any area of that world as long as the majority of that coverage is in the 'ancient' or 'medieval' periods. Specialized and general journals may apply; the award is for distinction within this historical field, not necessarily for comprehensive coverage of it.

 

The Voyager Award will recognize excellence in any journal covering the period between 1500 and 1800. The journal can be in any discipline—history, literature, philosophy, music, or any other field—or be interdisciplinary, and it can cover any area of that world as long as the majority of that coverage is in the early modern period. Specialized and general journals may apply; the award is for distinction within this historical period, not necessarily for comprehensive coverage of it. Journals covering, say, both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—or any version of 'the long eighteenth century' are eligible for this award.