Enfield Council has announced a £250 prize for essays which bring to life some aspect of the London Borough of Enfield's past - including, of course, the time before the London Borough of Enfield was created 50 years ago from the former boroughs of Enfield, Edmonton and Southgate.
The David Pam Memorial Bursary is named after a renowned local historian who died in 2014. He worked for the Enfield Local History and Museums Service and after retirement became president of the Edmonton Hundred Historical Society. In 2006 was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His publications include the first three volumes of the History of Enfield, published by the Enfield Preservation Society (the former name of the Enfield Society).
As well as the prize for adults (see the box below) there will be awards for groups of primary and secondary school pupils.
David Pam Memorial Bursary
The prize of £250 will be awarded by the David Pam Memorial Bursary Committee for an outstanding piece of work demonstrating the quality of the research, accuracy of the descriptions and materials; creative presentation and details that show the links between the past and present.
Applications will be accepted from 30 December.
Closing date
- 5pm on 31 March 2016.
Eligibility
- Open to any individual located within the London Borough of Enfield
Criteria
- The essay should be approximately 2,500 words in length. Essays that are shorter than 2000 words and longer than 3000 words will not be considered
- The work must be an original piece of historical research into Enfield’s history
- There will be a limit of one entry per contributor
- All work submitted for this competition is expected to be the result of the entrant’s own research and thought, expressed in his/her own words
- The work may include illustrations, photographs, data, tables of statistics etc, relevant to the subject.
- Evidence of some interaction with Enfield Local Studies / use of research materials
- The winning entries will be decided by the David Pam Memorial Bursary Committee, whose decision will be final.
- All contributions should be submitted to Enfield Local Studies Library & Archive. We cannot return submitted work, so please ensure that you keep a copy of your completed work
- Work must have been carried out in the last year
- Contain no previously published research work
- Hardcopy entries should be typed in 12 point and double spaced
- The entry is to be accompanied by a completed entry form. No entry will be accepted unless it is clearly marked with the name of the entrant. No late entries will be accepted.
Winners announced
- 13 May 2016
Members of the judging panel
- Cllr Ayfer Orhan
- Local Studies Officer, John Clark
- Pam family representative
For more information please contact; John Clark Local Studies Officer, at Enfield Local Studies Library & Archive, Thomas Hardy House, London Road, Enfield EN2 6DS: Tel: 020 8379 2724. E-mail:
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