Entries are open for the 2024 Edgar Stene Award

The 2024 Edgar Stene Prize essay competition is now open

The EULAR Edgar Stene Prize essay competition is an international writing competition with the aim of increasing awareness of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD’s).

The prize is awarded every year to the best essay contribution submitted by a person with a rheumatic or musculoskeletal disorder such as axial SpA. The topic this year is

Engaging with my national RMD organisation – how it enriched and changed the quality of my life

Your ‘national RMD organisation’ would be NASS. To enter you need to be at least 18 years old and your essay should be original and not exceed two typewritten pages. You need to send your entries to projects@arma.uk.net by no later than 19th December 2023.

The Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA) will select the best entry from their country to submit to the EULAR Office for judging by the Edgar Stene Prize Jury. The winners are selected by the 2024 Edgar Stene Prize Jury, to be announced on 15 March 2024. The first prize will be awarded at the Opening Plenary session taking place at the EULAR European Congress of Rheumatology, EULAR 2024, 12 June.

The competition has a first prize money of EUR 1,000, including a travel bursary to attend the EULAR 2023 Opening Plenary session and an invitation to the EULAR Congress dinner in Milan. Second and third prizes are awarded with prize money of EUR 700 and EUR 300 respectively.