With the support of a Centennial Grant from the Medieval Academy of America, the Princeton-based Middle Ages for Educators (MAFE) is sponsoring a bracketed Sweet16 competition to encourage medievalists to create open access resources (OARs) for inclusion and publication on the site. All Sweet 16 OAR submissions will be assessed by a panel of judges who will choose the top 16 OARs, which will then be entered into a public-facing competition. Voting for the best OAR will take place on social media, with the winner of each pairing advancing to the next round.
The top 16 submissions will receive a cash prize, and the 4 semi-finalists will receive an additional cash prize and a travel stipend to present their work, along with the judges, at a round-table at the MAA’s Centennial meeting in Boston in March 2025.
The overall winner of the Sweet 16 competition will receive an additional prize of $1,000. Anyone may enter the competition. Guidelines for creating and submitting OARs are found on the Sweet 16 page of the MAFE site, and the judging rubrics included. All submissions are due by October 1, 2024. The competition requires applicants to create a webpage on any medieval topic, using the MAFE page template (sample), to include the following:
- A title for the contribution, the contributor name and professional role, and a 1-3 sentence introduction to the resource
- A 5-10 minute video introducing the topic
- A primary source document, preferably in English, if applicable. Any materials included must be copyright free. If they are not, please include only a citation to the source.
- A list of 2-4 resources for further reading – these can be online links or print references
- A list of 2-3 discussion questions
We hope this competition will be an exciting opportunity for medievalists to learn about MAFE, to consider new ways to disseminate knowledge.
Please feel free to send any questions or concerns you might have to the MAFE Project Coordinator) at lmorreale3@gmail.com.
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