Published: April 18, 2023

SUSAN CHEN FOUNDATIONÌý& ORIENTATIONS

YOUNG ART WRITERS AWARD

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OPEN CALL

To identify new talent and foster their development, the Susan Chen Foundation andÌýOrientationsÌýmagazine are pleased to launch a global competition for art research and writing on Chinese art.

The winner would gain the opportunity to publish their paper in an issue ofÌýOrientations.
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ELIGIBILITY
* University students at any level,ÌýOR
* Recent graduates of not more than two years

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PAPER REQUIREMENTS
* Papers should be in English and of original research on any topic of Chinese art before 1900
* No more than 2,500–2,800 words, excluding endnotes and bibliography
* With the source and location of 8 to 12 images identified.

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PROCESS

Up to five entries will be shortlisted by Dr Yeewan Koon, associate professor and chair of the Department of Art History of Hong Kong University, and Yifawn Lee, publisher and editor of Orientations.

Shortlisted applicants will have access to editors for work on their paper and will receive feedback from a scholar familiar with their topic.

The winner will be declared by a panel of three judges chosen from academia, and the winning paper will be published in a spring 2024 issue of Orientations, with the papers of the runners-up published online atÌý.
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DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS 31 OCTOBER 2023
Submit toÌýoffice@orientations.com.hk

The Susan Chen Foundation (SCF) is a Hong Kong–based non-profit organization that aims to bring the wonder of Chinese art to the Hong Kong community and beyond. It seeks to support education, research, innovation, and careers in the Asian art and art history fields and to assist bright, disadvantaged young people in furthering their studies and professional opportunities. Through this mission, the Foundation seeks to perpetuate the cultural interests and philanthropic objectives quietly demonstrated by Susan Chen during her lifetime.