[AMS-announce] CFP: National Opera Association Scholarly Papers Competition

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The National Opera Association is pleased to announce its Twenty-Third
Scholarly Papers Competition, 2007, for outstanding scholarly papers on operatic
subjects.

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Eligibility

The competition is open to any interested author. Membership in NOA is  not
required.

No registration fee is required.  Deadline for  submission: June 1, 2007.
Author notification: after September 1, 2007.

Previous winners of this competition may not re-apply, but are strongly
encouraged to submit articles for consideration to "The Opera Journal," a NOA
publication.

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Guidelines
The scholarly paper should explore an operatic subject,  present significant
research and conclusions, and include an extensive  bibliography citing
primary, secondary and, if applicable, tertiary sources.  .Authors should follow
these guidelines.
?         The paper must be typewritten,  double-spaced,  no more than 3000
words in length.
?         The paper's title and the name of its author  should be provided on
a detachable title page. The author's name should not  appear on subsequent
pages.
?         Only one submission per person is admissible  and must be
accompanied by a statement confirming that the paper is not under  copyright by
any
party other than the author and that it has not been previously  published.
?         Papers previously presented orally are  eligible as long as they
have not or will not be published in any proceedings.
?         Papers will be judged particularly for  significant advances in
research and conclusions that shed new light on an  operatic topic dealing with
music drama, the libretto, the history of the genre,  etc.
?         Topics may be as broad as the field of opera  itself, which
includes historical and theoretical analysis of the music and  libretto (along
lines
of current and past critical theory and translation  thereof), singing,
acting, costuming, stagecraft, theater, etc.
?         The jury will consider the clarity and quality  of the writing,
judge the acceptability of the paper for  publication  in "The Opera Journal,"
and will also rate  papers on their overall  suitability to be read in an
abridged version of no more than twenty minutes  length at the  convention's
Scholarly Papers Session.

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Awards
The winner  will be invited to read her/his paper during the  Scholarly
Papers Session at the annual convention, early January, 2008, at  Los Angeles,
CA.
The Leland Fox Scholarly Paper  Stipend of $500 will be awarded to the reader
of a winning paper at the annual  convention.
The winning paper  will be published in "The Opera Journal."
Copies of papers not selected, accompanied by the committee's critiques,
will be forwarded to the editor of the journal for possible consideration for
publication.

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Submission Procedure
There is no application fee for the competition. Submission  may be by mail
or email attachment.  Papers will not be returned. Submit  entries and any
inquiries about the competition to:
Dr. Robert Hansen
National Opera Association
PO Box 60869
Canyon, TX  79016-0001
email:  _rhansen at mail.wtamu.edu_ 
Deadline for the submission of scholarly papers: June 1, 2007.
Author  notification: after September 1, 2007.