Guidelines for Voltaire and Césaire Prizes

• Only essays and projects done for courses taken in the current year are eligible; essays and projects from first as well as second semester courses are eligible
• Honors theses and special studies projects are not eligible
• All essays and projects should be submitted by the last day of examination period of the second semester to Jennifer Blackburn in the French Studies Department office (Wright 102).
• You may submit more than one paper or project

What to Submit

• The hard-copy version of your final essay or project with the professor's comments, corrections, and grade on it; please number the pages of your essay.
• If you received outside help on the paper or project, please acknowledge this by stating the name of the person who helped you and the kind of help received (content and/or grammar).

Please submit also a cover sheet containing the following information:

• Your name
• Your class year at Smith (e.g., '12)
• The name of the prize for which you are competing: Césaire or Voltaire
• The number and name of the course for which the paper or project was produced
• The name of the professor of the course for which you did work you are submitting
• The paper topic and /or description of the assignment given by the professor
• The number of drafts or versions of this work that were presented to the professor before the final version that you are submitting
• The percentage of the final course grade represented by the grade on this paper (if you know this)

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