<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi all, </div><div><br></div><div>A quick reminder and encouragement to apply for the SHOT Levinson Prize--the deadline is April 15:</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 3px 0px 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Samuel Eleazar and Rose Tartakow Levinson Prize is awarded each year for a single-authored, unpublished essay in the history of technology that explicitly examines, in some detail, a technology or technological device or process within the framework of social or intellectual history. It is intended for younger scholars and new entrants into the profession.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 3px 0px 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 3px 0px 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Manuscripts already published or accepted for publication are not eligible. In order to be considered, manuscripts must be in English and of a length suitable for publication as an article in Technology and Culture--approximately 7,500 words (not including notes) and 100 notes. The winning manuscript will be considered for publication in Technology and Culture.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 3px 0px 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 3px 0px 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To nominate an essay, please send it by e-mail, in MS Word or PDF format, to the SHOT secretary's office (<a href="mailto:shotsec@auburn.edu">shotsec@auburn.edu</a>), clearly stating that this is a nomination for the Levinson prize. Please also send one paper copy to: David Lucsko, SHOT Secretary, Department of History, 310 Thach Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849-5207.</span></p></div><div><br></div><div>More info:</div><div><a href="http://www.historyoftechnology.org/awards/levinson.html">http://www.historyoftechnology.org/awards/levinson.html</a><br><br><br><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">______________________<br>Marie Hicks, Ph.D.<br>Asst. Professor, History of Technology<br>Illinois Institute of Technology<br>Chicago, IL USA<br><a href="http://mariehicks.net/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">mariehicks.net</a> | <a href="mailto:mhicks1@iit.edu" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">mhicks1@iit.edu</a> | @histoftech</span></div></body></html>