THE JANET ALLAN ESSAY PRIZE

The editors of the Review of Scottish Culture are pleased to announce the
Janet Allan Essay Prize. This biennial prize will be awarded for an essay on
a topic relating to the cultural or social history or ethnology of
agriculture or rural life in Scotland. The winner will be awarded a cash
prize of £500 and two years’ free subscription to the Review of Scottish
Culture. The winning essay will also be published in ROSC. 

The Prize is offered in memory of Miss Janet Smith Menzies Allan. A member
of the well-known agricultural engineering family of Allan of Murthly
(Perthshire), Janet Allan had a life-long interest in the history of
agriculture and rural life in Scotland and in the ways in which it could be
recorded and conserved. She played a prominent role in the creation and
development of the Scottish Country Life Museums Trust and it was through
her generosity that the Review of Scottish Culture was established in 1984. 

Applications for the 2009 Prize are now being invited. For entry details and
an application form, please write to: The Editors, Review of Scottish
Culture, Celtic and Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh, 27 George
Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD.