Please select one of the following
essay topics：
1. Kami and Hotoke in Japanese Popular Culture
2. Shinto and Literature
3. Shinto as “story” and/or Shinto as “doctrine”
Regulations:
The competition is open to university students (undergraduates,
graduates) and researchers. Applicants should submit an essay
of no more than 3,500 words (including footnotes and bibliography)
on one of the above topics. Essays will be judged on their
originality and the clarity of their argument. Essays should
be e-mailed as attached file in 12-point type, double-spaced,
on 8-1/2 x 11 (or A-4) format to hdqrs@shinto.org.
All entries must be received before July 15, 2010.
Applicants are permitted to submit only one essay, and must
attach a brief biography (including nationality, current postal
and email addresses) on a separate sheet.
Important advice:
1) We strongly recommend that non-native speakers of
English have their essays checked by a native speaker.
2) It is vital for all applicants to cite all sources
used. Failure to do may constitute plagiarism, and lead to
the disqualification of the essay submitted. Sources can be
cited as either footnotes or endnotes. For examples of how
to cite sources, the applicant can refer to one of the following:
•The footnotes as used in the
Japanese journal for religious studies (JJRS articles can
be accessed on line at: http://www.ic.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/jjrs/jjrs_cumulative_list.htm
•The end-notes as used in Breen
and Teeuwen, A new history of Shinto, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
3) We ask that all applicants append to the essay a bibliography
of the sources they have used in the writing of the essay.
For guidance, please consult either the bibliographies found
at the end of JJRS articles or the bibliography in Breen and
Teeuwen, A new history of Shinto. You can also refer to A
Shinto Bibliography in English here by HTML
version or PDF
verison.
Note:
1) Those who have already been awarded prizes twice in previous
years’ competitions are no longer eligible.
2) All entrants will be notified of competition results, and
winners will be publicly announced in October 2010. Winners
will receive prize money by bank check. All submissions become
the property of ISF.
Deadline: July 15, 2010
(An entry essay should reach the below e-mail
address on or before this date.)
Email: hdqrs@shinto.org
For Inquiry;
Shinto Kokusai Gakkai
5-22-9 Tanaka Bldg. 3F, Hirai Edogawa-ku, Tokyo 132-0035 Japan
Tel+Fax: +1-81-3-3610-3975
Email: hdqrs@shinto.org or click here
The results of the judgment has been announced on October,
2009.
Click Here to see the result!!
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