Clemson University Press is proud announce that we are sponsoring the new Modernist Studies Association (MSA) Essay Prize for Contingent and Independent Scholars.
Applications are now open for the inaugural prize. In order to be considered for the prize, the essay must meet the following criteria:
- Author is a member of MSA
- Author is an independent scholar or currently employed off the tenure track
- Article was published in the calendar year 2025
- Article was published in a peer-reviewed journal or edited volume
- Article is between 5k and 10k words
- Article is about modernism (as it is broadly defined within the MSA)
If you and your work match this description, please use this form to upload your (anonymized) submission by May 15th, 2026.
The winner will be announced this fall, and will receive $250 plus up to $600 toward travel expenses to the annual MSA conference (2027).
Please email Dr. Nissa Ren Cannon (ncannon@nullstanford.edu) with any questions.
