One is an Essay Prize (funded from the Willoughby Bequest) for the best essay on - or related to - any aspect of Goethe and/or the 'Goethezeit'. We are particularly anxious to have entries from younger scholars - and that means students (both undergraduate and post-graduate). Please do not be diffident; we are looking for lively, thought-provoking contributions of between 5,000 and 10,000 words in length - in English, either typed or written in a legible hand. Please let Jeremy Adler know by 1 July 1999 the title of your essay. The essay itself should reach him by 1 October 1999. The winner will receive £50 and the essay may, subject to constraints of space, be published in PEGS.
The other prize is for the best translation into English of ANY Goethe poem. It's as simple (and as difficult) as that... Once again, we shall be particularly pleased to hear from youthful competitors. The prize will be £35 - and the winning translation, together with three to five of the best runners up will be published in PEGS. Entries to Jeremy Adler, please, by 1 October 1999.
And finally, there is the Thomas Mann Prize of the English Goethe Society (funded from the Ida Herz Bequest). Regulations are printed on the back page of PEGS. While we have no wish to prescribe a topic, there could be much virtue, in 1999, if the essays were to bear in mind Thomas Mann's devotion to Goethe...
Please send us your entries, and help to make 1999 a really memorable Goethe year. For further details, information and general advice do not hesitate to contact the Joint Honorary Secretaries of the English Goethe Society (their names are given below). �
Professor Jeremy Adler
Department of German
King's College London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS
e-mail:Jeremy.Adler@kcl.ac.uk
Professor Martin Swales Department of German
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
e-mail:m.swales@ucl.ac.uk