The Celestine Herbert Award [SUBMISSIONS OPEN]

[Papa Liam 960]

The Celestine Herbert Award

Sponsored by the Congress of Scholars

“Scientia in Unitate”

80 S.E.

 

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Award Description

The Celestine Herbert Award (CHA) recognizes an individual research publication which has made a significant contribution to scholarly literature in recent years. The award is named after Celestine Herbert, the prophetic anthropologist, ethnographer, explorer and founder of the Northern Geographic Society. Herbert’s publications have always challenged the boundaries and limitations of academic theories and knowledge, making novel contributions to the scholarly world. In the spirit of Celestine Herbert, this award aspires to uphold her legacy by recognizing scholars who publish rigorous, insightful and original research.

 

Submission Criteria

The award will be granted under the following conditions;

1. Publications in all academic disciplines are considered for the award.
2. The CHA will be granted once every five Saint’s years, announced at the Congress of Scholar’s regular conventions.
3. The Congress of Scholars will accept submissions of publications on a rolling basis, and reserves the right to recognize a public article as the winner of the award that may not have been submitted directly.
4. Preference will be given to contemporary research which has been published in the last five Saint’s years preceding the granting of the award.
5. If the article has more than one author, the CHA will be awarded to all authors of the publication, provided that all authors made substantial contributions to the article.
6. The CHA Evaluation Committee shall be composed of the Chair of the Congress of Scholars and two appointed adjudicators. No members of the committee shall be eligible for that year’s award.

 

Evaluation

Members of the committee may suggest which submissions to evaluate for proper CHA candidacy. Following deliberations, all members of the committee must vote on a single publication to grant the award. Committee members should evaluate submissions on the following criteria;

• Rigidity: The submissions should present a degree of academic rigor. The publication should present a clear research question, methodology, and results. Submissions should reference prior academic literature to support their findings. Although not required, it would be favorable that studies make use of a proper citation style, such as VSSA or NGSC.

• Novelty: The article examines a viewpoint or aspect of the research topic that has not been thoroughly examined in prior academic literature. Research presents the original perspectives and findings of the author(s).

• Inquiry: The publication challenges the current limits of academia or critically examines existing academic literature. Authors should not be afraid to challenge dominant theories in their academic discipline.

 

Note on the CHA’85

The first endowment of the CHA shall take place in 85 S.E. at the Congress of Scholar’s regular conference (details TBA). Submissions for the CHA’85 may be sent to Pro Tem Chair Elibar’Indor. Academic articles may have already been published or may be published specifically as a contender for the CHA.

 

The members of the CHA’85 Evaluation Committee shall be;

• Dr. Elibar’Indor Hilea, Pro Tem Chairman of the Congress of Scholars

• Dr. Elizabeth Brae-Wittenbach, Vice President of the Northern Geographic Society

• Dr. Viction Trito, Grandmaster of the Vortician Society of Scholars and Artisans

 

Signed,

Dr. Elibar’Indor Hilea, Pro Tem Chair of the Board

 

Spoiler

OOC: Submissions

• Your submission may be sent to Liam's discord (Liam#7649)
• Submissions should either be sent as a link to a forum post or a PDF
• Submissions are due by June 30th at midnight (EST)

 

[wowj 2833]

A letter would be sent in, stamped with a red smiling orc face, "Wub da skah?" Is all it would read, clearly written by some sort of goblin, this would clearly be a submission, as on the back of page, it would read. "-Sir Gillriik'Ungri", clearly the senders name, however it was written by someone else, as the sender was likely too brain-damaged to write by himself.