Apply in 2022

Applications for The Sigourney Award-2022 will be accepted beginning March 1, 2022 for work completed between 2011 and 2021. Past winners are not eligible to submit work, however previous applicants are welcome to apply again. Completed applications are due on July 31, 2022.

Looking to Nominate Award-Worthy Work?
We no longer accept nominations. Please encourage the individual, organization or group to apply with their award-worthy work. Letters of Support are requested via the online application. After completing a summary paragraph, applicants provide contact information for two supporters. The supporter will click on the link, read the summary paragraph about the work submitted for the Award, and respond to a series of questions regarding the applicant's work. Once the form is complete, the supporter will submit the letter. The letter of support will automatically be attached to the applicant's application and be visible to judges reviewing the application.


 

We welcome applicants to submit work featuring groundbreaking psychoanalytic work from around the world in more than 100 languages supported by Google Translate. Judging of submissions will be conducted in English leveraging Google Translate.  

How to Apply 

All applicants must complete an application. The application includes writing prompts to assist applicants in highlighting their work's impact and enable an equitable evaluation of applications. The online application portal allows applicants to save drafts and return to the application multiple times before submitting. Work submitted must have been completed during the ten years prior to the award year.  

All Applicants will need to provide:

  • Name, email, address, phone

  • Answers to a series of questions designed to help applicants articulate the impact of their work over the past ten years

  • A single sentence statement describing the impact of the work and a 180 word summary of work paragraph. 

  • Two letters of support submitted by July 24, 2022. (Note: only two letters will be accepted). 

  • Credentials (focused on work completed in the past ten years including work experience, research, and published works.)

  • Photo or Logo

    • Professional head and shoulder portrait with a simple background 

    • Color or black & white 

    • 1200x1200 pixels minimum, 512 kilobytes minimum 

    • JPG, PNG or TIFF files only 

    • for use only in promoting Award Recipients) 

  • Optional

    • External validation such as press or video coverage

    • Sample of work such as an article you have written–a play, a book, significant paper, video, etc.

All submitted materials will become the property of The Sigourney Trust.


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