Dear all,
Below is a call for submissions to our annual contest for student writers. Contributions from undergraduate students of computational linguistics are most welcome.
Sincerely, Tristan Miller Babel Advisory Panel
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This year, Babel: The Language Magazine https://babelzine.co.uk/ will be running the tenth edition of our Young Writers' Competition, which encourages young linguists who are starting out on their study of language.
The competition is open to anyone studying a linguistics-related subject at the 16–18-year-old or undergraduate level. The winner(s) will have their article published in Babel's 50th issue (Spring 2025) and receive a year's subscription to the magazine.
Keep an eye on @Babelzine on X or @babel_zine on Instagram for inspiration from previous winners on topics ranging from sign language to spoonerisms, and from language birth to language death.
Competition rules are as follows:
Topic: An original discussion of any linguistic topic, written in an accessible and interesting style
Length: 2000 to 2500 words
Deadline: Monday, 16 December 2024
Format: Word file
Submission: By e-mail to babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com with the subject "Young Writer's Competition"
Please e-mail babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com if you have any questions about the competition.