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The attention of Members and Associate Members is drawn to the following notice concerning the Clinical Essay, for which a prize not exceeding £20 is offered.
The essay shall consist of a clinical record of a case investigated by psycho-analytical methods. It shall clearly illustrate the events and changes in the mental life of the patient and their relation to external environment. In awarding the prize, the Judges will pay attention to acuity of observation and the clearness with which the facts are stated. If the writer wishes to draw theoretical conclusions, he must bear in mind the necessity of making the evidence for such conclusions carry conviction. It is recommended that the length of the essay should not exceed twenty thousand words.
Essays must be submitted on or before the thirty-first day of March in any year, in the English language. They must be typescript on quarto paper with ample left-hand margin. They must be in triplicate and be sent to the Hon. Secretary of the Institute. All copies of essays submitted become ipso facto the property of the Institute (or its successor) while it has the appointment of the Trustees.
If no essay is submitted of merit worthy of a prize in any year, no award shall be made for that year.
In the event of the Judges regarding the essays of two or more competitors of equal merit, they may divide the prize-money available for distribution as aforesaid into equal parts and award it to such competitors jointly.
Any person of either sex, who is not a member or a past-member of the Board of the Institute, shall be eligible for the competition.
The prize shall be given to the writer of the best essay in the opinion of the Judges submitted in any year, but the prize may be