Call for the 2020 Richard M. Hogg Prize

The International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE) has been
awarding a young researchers’ award, the Richard M. Hogg Prize, annually since
2008. The prize goes to the best paper on the English language by a researcher
who has not yet received his or her Ph.D. or who is within two years’ of
having received the doctorate. Submitting researchers must be members of ISLE.
Membership is free for students and very affordable for postdoc and faculty
members. You can join at https://www.isle-linguistics.org/join. The winner
will receive a cash prize of £500 and a travel subsidy for the next ISLE
conference, and the winning paper will be published on the ISLE website. In
addition, the author of the winning paper is encouraged to submit the
manuscript to English Language and Linguistics, the official journal of ISLE.
The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2020. For more information on the
prize, including length requirements, style sheet and previous winning papers,
see https://www.isle-linguistics.org/activities/richard-m-hogg-prize