Apply for the Bridget Jones Award

Arts researchers or practitioners living and working in the Caribbean are eligible to apply for the Bridget Jones Travel Award, the deadline for which is 17 January 2025. The winner of the award will present their work at the 48th Society for Caribbean Studies Annual Conference, which is scheduled to be held in person at Bristol from 2-4 July 2025.

Eligibility

If you are an arts practitioner living and working in any region of the Anglophone, Hispanic, Francophone or Dutch-speaking Caribbean, you may apply for the Award. The successful recipient will receive £650 towards travel expenses and a full bursary to cover conference fees and accommodation. Applications are especially welcome from individuals with no institutional affiliations. We encourage applications from across the arts: from visual artists, performers, creative writers, film-makers, folklorists, playwrights etc.

How To Apply

To apply for the Award you must submit the following:

*      a cover letter
*      a curriculum vitae (no more than 4 pages)

AND either
*          (a) a proposal for a presentation of your work in the areas of film, literature, visual or performing arts
or
*          (b) a proposal for a reading of original creative work.

Presentations will be delivered in English. Presentations normally last for up to one hour, including time for questions from the audience. The most important part of your application will therefore be a full description of the proposed presentation detailing the themes, rationale behind the presentation, as well as how the presentation will be organised and any support/props required (e.g. if intending to screen clips of films; show slides of artwork; incorporate live performance etc).

Applications and enquiries should be sent by e-mail to societyforcaribbeanstudies@gmail.com, for the attention of the Bridget Jones Committee.

Completed applications must be received by 17 January 2025. A decision will be made by the committee in late January.