
The IPEd Student Prize acknowledges excellent work by a student of editing. The prize is open to any tertiary-level student enrolled in an editing or publishing program at a New Zealand or Australian tertiary institution, including students who finish their studies at the end of the first semester of the year in which they are applying. The prize is awarded annually for a piece of work submitted as part of the requirements for a tertiary-level qualification in editing, publishing or another discipline with a focus on editing.
The prize is awarded in March each year, for work submitted for assessment in the previous year.
The prize consists of:
- $500, payable via EFT in Australian dollars
- one year’s free IPEd membership (either associate or student)
- one dictionary of your choice from the IPEd list provided (either a one-year subscription or a printed copy)
- one style guide/manual (either a one-year subscription or a printed copy) or book of your choice from IPEd’s selected offerings
- one copy of The Editor’s Companion, by Janet Mackenzie DE.
Entry is open for work completed as part of the student’s course that demonstrates editing skills or work that reflects on issues relevant to the editing profession. Entries could include:
- edited manuscripts (structural or copy edits) for any type of publication (such as book chapters, articles, trade publications, blogs, websites or reports)
- editing portfolios (such as a collection of shorter edited pieces)
- publishers’ reports or manuscript assessments
- academic essays and research papers focused on issues relevant to the editing profession
- blog post or article for newspaper/trade publication/website, focused on issues relevant to the editing profession.
Submissions close 11 November 5pm [AEST].
For more information, visit the IPEd website here.