Undergraduate and postgraduate students are invited to submit papers for the Lucretia Mott Student Essay Award. Outstanding student paper submissions that demonstrate creative analysis and/or introduce a new field of research and make an original contribution to the field of Quaker studies will be considered for the award.

The winning entry will receive a $200 award. It may also be recommended for publication in the journal Quaker Studies.

Submissions must meet the following criteria to be considered:

• no more than 3,500 words (including footnotes and bibliography)

• be presented in 12-point font and double-spaced

• formatted according to Chicago Manual of Style

• be free of clerical or grammatical errors

• the candidate must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate programme at the time of paper submission.

Submissions should include:

• an electronic document in standard word processing format, without author information (submit author information in a separate file)

• name and home mailing address

• graduate or undergraduate status

• American Academy of Religion Program Unit to which the paper was submitted, along with presentation time and location, if applicable.

Submit electronically by 31 October 2023 to Joseph Weisberg (jweisberg@brandeis.edu). Awards will be announced at the Quaker Studies Program Unit Business Meeting during the American Academy of Religion.