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1986-1987 CLIFFORD PRIZE
The James L. Clifford Prize will award $300 to the best nominated article, an outstanding study of some aspect of eighteenth-century culture, interesting to any eighteenth-century specialist, regardless of discipline. Rules: • The article should not be longer than 7500 words. • The article must have appeared in print in a journal, festschrift, or other serial publication between July 1986 and June 1987. • The article may be nominated by a member of the Society, or by its author. • Nominations must be accompanied by an offprint or copy of the article, postmarked by 1 February 1988, and sent to the ASECS Office. • The winning author must be a member of the Society at the time of the award. Send nominations or inquiries to ASECS, R. G. Peterson, Executive Secretary, St. Olaf College, Northfield MN 55057 or call 507/663-3488.