On the Brinck / Places Prize on the American Southwest

We are pleased to announce that proposals are now being accepted for the inaugural On the Brinck / Places Prize.

A collaboration between Places Journal and the On the Brinck program at the School of Architecture + Planning at University of New Mexico, the prize supports ambitious public scholarship focused on the Southwestern region of what is now the United States. In doing so, it extends the goals of the school’s On the Brinck Book Awards, which are dedicated to “emphasizing new and overlooked areas of study, challenging existing scholarship, integrating allied disciplines, and appealing to a broad readership,” in the spirit of landscape writer and critic John Brinckerhoff Jackson.

The winner of the On the Brinck / Places Prize will receive an honorarium of 7,500 USD to research and write a major work of public scholarship for publication in Places Journal, and present a related public lecture at the SA+P at University of New Mexico. The prize is open to institutionally-based and independent scholars.

We strongly encourage applicants to browse the journal and to read our statement of Commitment to Public Scholarship in advance of submission.

Application requirements
–Current CV
–A sample of published writing, ideally an article-length work of public scholarship (see below)
–A brief proposal of no more than 500 words, describing your prospective article
–A cover letter outlining the significance of the proposed topic, both within and beyond the Southwestern US.

Submission information
Applications must be submitted by 5pm Pacific Time on August 30, 2024. Applications should be submitted by email to onthebrinck@placesjournal.org; please put “On the Brinck / Places Prize” in the subject line. Writing samples that exceed the file size of Gmail (or other email) attachments should be submitted via a file-sharing system referencing the same email address.

For more details and full application requirements, see the submission guidelines.