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The Clinical Essay Prize was founded in 1932 under a Trust Deed which laid down the amount of the award, the requirements of the essay, the procedure for entering the competition, and the rules governing the publication of prize essays.
All conditions were reviewed by the Trustees and certain changes approved which took effect from 1970. The closing date for the next competition is 31 March, 1976.
The conditions currently governing the competition are as follows:
A prize of £75 is offered, and the closing date for applications is 31 March 1976.
The essay shall consist of a clinical record of a case treated by psychoanalysis. 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.
The essay shall not have been published in any book, journal, or other form of publication and shall not have been read to or have formed the subject of discussion at any formally constituted meeting of psychoanalysts.
The prize is awarded every second year and essays must be submitted on or before 31 March in the competition year. They must be in the English language, in typescript on quarto paper with ample left-hand margin. They must be in triplicate and be sent to the Chairman of the Scientific Committee 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 competition year, no award shall be made i