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Members and Associate Members of the International Psycho-Analytical Association are reminded that competitors for the Clinical Essay Prize must send in their work to the Hon. Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Psycho-Analysis, 63 New Cavendish Street, London, W.1, by 31 May of the year in which they wish to enter the competition.
The conditions governing the competition are the following:
A prize of (not exceeding) 20 guineas is offered.
The essay shall consist of a clinical record of a case investigated by psycho-analytical methods. It should illustrate clearly 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 clarity 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 20, 000 words.
Essays must be submitted on or before the 31st day of May 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. Scientific 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 for the Prize Fund.
If no essay of merit worthy of a prize is submitted 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 as of equal merit, they may divide the prize money 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