The David Alexander Prize is awarded annually for the best essay on the history of Atlantic Canada written in a course by an undergraduate student in any university. The amount of the prize is currently set at $500.

Conditions:

Entries must be undergraduate essays between 1500 and 5000 words in length on some aspect of the history of Atlantic Canada, written in English or French.

They may be research, interpretive, or historiographical efforts.

The author must be part-time or full-time undergraduate student in a degree program at an accredited university or college and the essay must have been written to meet the requirement of an undergraduate credit course during the respective academic year.

Previous winners of the Prize may not compete.

Submissions: Entries shall be submitted by course instructors by June 30th. No instructor shall submit more than two entries. Essays should not bear the instructor's comments or a grade. Entries may be sent as an electronic copy or a printed copy.

Adjudication: Entries will be judged by a panel of three distinguished historians. The winner will be announced in the autumn of each year. No runners-up or honorary mentions will be designated.

Entries may be submitted by email attachment to acadnsis@unb.ca, or by post to:

Alexander Prize Committee

c/o Acadiensis

Campus House, University of New Brunswick

PO Box 4400, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3

DAVID ALEXANDER PRIZE WINNERS

1982 Ellen Joyce Hambrook, University of New Brunswick

1983 Geoffrey Budden, Memorial University of Newfoundland

1984 Rusty Bittermann, University College of Cape Breton

1985 Rusty Bittermann, University College of Cape Breton

1986 not awarded

1987 Robert Hong, Memorial University of Newfoundland

1988 Janice Cook, University of New Brunswick

1989 not awarded

1990 James E.A. Stanley, University of New Brunswick

1991 Phillippe Garvie, Université de Moncton

1992 Michael O'Brien, Memorial University of Newfoundland

1993 Paula C. Harris, University of New Brunswick

1994 not awarded

1995 A. Geoff Pearcey, Memorial University of Newfoundland

1996 Ellen Thorne, University of New Brunswick

1997 Kurt Peacock, University of New Brunswick

1998 Jennifer Rogers, Dalhousie University

1999 Callum Makkai, Dalhousie University

2000 Liza Piper, Memorial University of Newfoundland

2001 Lorna Williams, St. Thomas University

2002 Sharon Weaver, University of New Brunswick

2003 not awarded

2004 Shawna Stairs, University of New Brunswick

2005 Haydn Lloyd, University of Western Ontario

2006 Blake Laven, Dalhousie University

2007 Siobhan Laskey, University of New Brunswick

2008 Fred Burrill, McGill University

2009 Matt Cook, Cape Breton University

2010 Alexandra Montgomery, Dalhousie University

2011 not awarded

2012 Anna A. MacNeil, Cape Breton University

2013 Andrew Harmes, Dalhousie University;
Matthew Verge, Mount Saint Vincent University

2014 Hillary MacKinlay, Dalhousie University

2015 Joseph Burton, University of New Brunswick

2016 Vincent Auffrey, Université de Moncton

2017 not awarded

2018 Meredith J. Batt, Université de Moncton

2019 James Lees, Dalhousie University

2020 Zacharie Collins, Université de Moncton

2021 Thomas Chassé, Université de Moncton

2022 Dallas Karonhia'no:ron Canady, McGill University

2023 Mathea Treslan, University of Toronto
2024 Isaac MacLean, Dalhousie University