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Information Session: Yale Library Senior Essay Prizes

Information Session: Yale Library Senior Essay Prizes Online

Join us for an information session to learn about the Yale Library Senior Essay Prizes for 2021.

In this session you will have the opportunity to hear about and ask questions regarding the prizes:

  • Submission guidelines
  • Application process
  • Examples of past awardees

Each prize carries a $500 award and is presented during Commencement ceremonies at the recipient’s residential college. Senior essays submitted to a Yale academic department at any point during the 2020-21 academic year are eligible for consideration for 2021 prizes.

Manuscripts and Archives Diane Kaplan Memorial Prize (Deadline, April 23, 5:00 pm) - for an essay based substantially on research in any Manuscripts and Archives collection.

Harvey M. Applebaum ’59 Award (Deadline May 13, 11:59 pm) - for a senior essay using materials from any of the government depository collections.

Library Map Prize (Deadline May 13, 11:59 pm) - for the best use of maps in a senior essay or its equivalent.

Date:
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Time:
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Online:
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Audience:
  Undergraduates  
Categories:
  Marx Science and Social Science Library     Senior essays     Undergraduate Students  
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Bill Landis
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