The Dickens Society

THE PARTLOW PRIZE

The Robert B. Partlow, Jr. Prize

The prize is named in honor of Robert Partlow, the original Secretary-Treasurer and one of the founding members of The Dickens Society. Bob Partlow taught at Boston University, the University of New Hampshire and Southern Illinois University, where he chaired the English Department from 1957 until he retired in 1979. Bob was also responsible for founding Dickens Studies Annual, a hard-bound collection of scholarly essays, published by Southern Illinois University Press, which he edited from 1971 to 1978. Thereafter the journal moved in 1980 to New York City, where it has been published by AMS Press in cooperation with Queens College and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York and continues as Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction.

The Partlow Prize may be awarded to one or two graduate students, independent scholars, or non-tenured faculty, in the amount of $300 to $500. Those who wish to be considered for the Partlow Prize should submit a cv and a proposal/synopsis of 500-1000 words. The Partlow Prize includes a monetary award, a waiver of the symposium registration fee, and the cost of the Dickens dinner. Dickens Quarterly has the right of first refusal for publication. The Secretary/Treasurer will inform the host(s) of the symposium of the sum available for support.