「言葉とイメージ」に関する論文を対象に、下記のようなコンクールがあるそうです。過去3年以内に刊行された、英・仏・西・葡・独・蘭語いずれかで書かれた論文であることが要件。(その他の言語の場合、査読者がつかない可能性がある、とのこと。)この文言から考えると、既刊論文の加筆修正版や、日本語で発表した論文の欧文訳は対象外となるのだろうか?publishとあるからには、Master/DEA論文も対象外の可能性が高い。ともかく、欧文で論文刊行実績のある方は挑戦されてみては?

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max nänny prize for best article in word & image studies
The prize, named in honor of the late Max Nänny, past IAWIS President, is awarded every three years on the occasion of our triennial conferences: it was awarded for the first time in Paris, in 2008 to Anna Arnar (Minnesota State University, Moorhead) for "'A Modern Popular Poem': Stéphane Mallarmé on the Visual, Rhetorical and Democratic Potentials of the fin-de-siècle Newspaper" (Word & Image 22.4 [2006]).
Members as well as non-members of IAWIS/AIERTI may submit already published articles (dated no earlier than three years before the submission deadline). The deadline for the next prize selection is 31 October 2010.
Guidelines for the Max Nänny Prize for the Best Article in Word & Image Studies
1. The Max Nänny Prize for the Best Article in Word & Image Studies (500 Euro) is awarded every three years on the occasion of IAWIS/AIERTI's triennial conference; it was awarded for the first time in Paris in 2008.
2. It is open to everybody; membership is not required for the submission of articles. Members of the Executive or Advisory Boards of IAWIS/AIERTI cannot submit an article. If a student of a member of the Board submits an article, this member cannot be on the selection committee.
3. Articles submitted must have been already published. On submission, the date of publication should not be earlier than three years before the submission deadline.
4. Articles submitted can be published in any of the following languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch. The consideration of articles in other languages is subject to the association finding outside readers. IAWIS/AIERTI is under no obligation to provide such readers.
5. Articles should be sent in triplicate to IAWIS/AIERTI's secretary:
Prof. Catriona MacLeod
University of Pennsylvania
745 Williams Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305