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2014 Essay Prize in Informal Logic, Deadline: 31 Oct 2014

Dear Colleagues,

This e-mail is to inform you of 2014 essay prize sponsored by the 
Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking (AILACT). Essays are 
invited on any subject related to theory of argumentation and/or critical 
thinking theory and pedagogy. Essays are to be submitted by October 31.

The winning entry receives $500 ($200 more than in past years) and 
automatically gets peer-reviewed by the journal Informal Logic. The 
runner-up (should there be one) also gets peer reviewed for publication.

This is a great opportunity for emerging scholars, or established ones, 
and I hope members these lists will take advantage of it, even if your 
field of interest is not informal logic (theory of argumentation) or 
critical thinking.

Please see below for more instructions on submitting, or contact me if you 
have any questions.

Best wishes,

Benjamin Hamby
Coastal Carolina University, Faculty Member
McMaster University, Alumnus

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Essay Prize in Informal Logic/Critical Thinking/Argumentation Theory

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking (AILACT) invites submissions for the
2014 AILACT Essay Prize. This will be the tenth year in which the prize has been offered.

? Value: $500 U.S.
? The prize-winning paper, and any ?honourable mention? paper, will be considered for publication
in Informal Logic upon the conditions listed below.*
? Papers related to the teaching or theory of informal logic or critical thinking, and papers on
argumentation theory, will be considered for the prize.
? There are no restrictions on authorship. Authors need not be members of AILACT.
? Previously unpublished papers, and papers published or accepted for publication between January
1, 2011 and October 31, 2014 are eligible. Maximum length: 6,000 words.
? Entries will be assessed on the basis of their argument, scholarship, style, and importance to the
field.
? The jury members for the 2014 AILACT essay prize, approved by the AILACT Board of
Directors, are Sharon Bailin (Professor Emerita, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University),
Alec Fisher (Department of Philosophy, University of East Anglia), and Larry Wright
(Department of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside). The decision of the jury is final.

? To submit a paper, attach a PDF (preferred) or MS Word or RTF document to an email with
AILACT ESSAY ENTRY on the ?subject? line and send it to Derek Allen
(derekallen@trinity.utoronto.ca<mailto:derekallen@trinity.utoronto.ca>) with a covering note giving your name and a mailing address.
Please send the paper ready for blind-reviewing (the author not identified on the paper or file
containing the paper or in the description of the document?s properties that is part of the file, and
self-identifying references removed from the text, notes and references).

? There is a limit of one entry per author.
? The deadline for receipt of submissions is October 31, 2014. The winner will be announced by
January 15, 2015. AILACT will publicize the name of the winner on its web site and at AILACT
sessions held at APA divisional meetings in 2015.
? For further information about the essay prize, please contact Ben Hamby
(hambyb@mcmaster.ca<mailto:hambyb@mcmaster.ca>). For information about AILACT, visit our web site:
http://ailact.mcmaster.ca/

*The prize-winning paper, and any ?honourable mention? paper, will be eligible for consideration for
publication in Informal Logic if it has not already been published or accepted or committed for
publication elsewhere and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and if the author consents to its consideration for publication in Informal Logic. The editors of Informal Logic will arrange for blind review of the paper if these conditions are met. The author will be expected to revise the paper in light of the reviewers? suggestions, or to justify not doing so.