The International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE) has been awarding a Young Researchers' Award, the Hogg Prize, annually since 2008. The prize goes to the best paper on English linguistics by a researcher who has not yet received his or her PhD or who is within two years of having received the doctorate. Submitting researchers must be members of ISLE. ISLE membership is free for students (and generally modest, e.g. postdoc 7.50€/year).

The winner will receive a cash prize of £500 and their essay will be published on the ISLE website.

The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2012.

For more information on the prize, including length requirements, style sheet and previous winning papers, see http://www.isle-linguistics.org/prize/

(posted on behalf of Stefan Dollinger, ISLE Secretary, with apologies for any cross-posting)

David Denison, past president of ISLE