{"id":6278,"date":"2025-03-31T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T10:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/?p=6278"},"modified":"2025-09-04T00:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T00:12:05","slug":"annual-prize-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/?p=6278","title":{"rendered":"The LQ 1521 Essay Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The purpose of the LQ 1521 Annual Essay Prize is to nurture and reward young scholars in Lutheran history and theology for their contributions toward making the Lutheran Reformation known to the contemporary church.  One prize of $5,000 will be awarded annually 2024\u20132033.<\/p>\n

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Authors submitting essays for this Prize will contribute a standard journal-length (6,000 to 7,000 words) essay compatible with the stated goals of Lutheran Quarterly: \u201cThe aims of the New Series are unchanged: to provide a forum<\/p>\n

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  1. for the discussion of Christian faith and life on the basis of the Lutheran confession;<\/li>\n
  2. for the application of the principles of the Lutheran church to the changing problems of religion and society;<\/li>\n
  3. for the fostering of world Lutheranism, and 4)<\/li>\n
  4. for the promotion of understanding between Lutherans and other Christians.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    We hope this Essay Prize will encourage a cohort of younger scholars devoted to the history and theology of the Lutheran tradition, with the anticipation that this will strengthen both the church and the academy.  Candidates for this prize should either be currently working on their dissertations or be newly minted PhDs, making their initial submission within five years of earning the degree. <\/p>\n

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    The submitted essays are first entered into the normal, double-blind peer review process for possible publication.  There is no specific deadline for submission but rather a rolling process of consideration for a decade of annual prizes.  The finalists annually are those essays that are in fact published in Lutheran Quarterly <\/em>over a given year, according to the normal peer review and editorial process.  The criteria for the winning essay include that it should be grounded biblically, historically, and confessionally, display vigorous writing and original scholarship, and convey significance for contemporary readers.  The winning essay will be selected by the editorial staff of Lutheran Quarterly<\/em>, chaired by the editor.  If there is no eligible essay published in a given year, that year\u2019s prize will be postponed one year.<\/p>\n

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    Submissions and questions should be directed to Editor Paul Rorem, paul.rorem@ptsem.edu<\/a>.  For more on Lutheran Quarterly <\/em>in general, see www.lutheranquarterly.or<\/a>g.<\/p>\n

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    Thanks to a generous grant from the 1521 Foundation, LQ can award an annual Essay Prize aimed at younger scholars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-essay-prize"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6278"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7531,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6278\/revisions\/7531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}