Diana Goss Award
The annual Diana Goss award ($1000 AUD) is offered for an original and thought-provoking professional paper that enhances the theory and practice of supervision in Clinical Pastoral Education.
This award is made in honour of Diana Goss, the pioneer of CPE in New Zealand. Further information on Diana is available in the New Zealand page under the Associations menu of this website.
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Past Winners of the Award
Winners of the award and their paper can be accessed on the links below, or via the sub-menus of this page.
2018 – 2024 Award not issued
Guidelines and Requirements
Entries by 1 June each year.
The award will be conducted in two parts – a proposal and a submission.
Proposal: Applicants should first offer a proposal of intended research and writing. This should not be extensive, around 400 words, but would include intended methodology and some indication as to how this work would be useful within CPE. This proposal should be written in every-day language without need to follow an academic referencing style.
All proposals would be reviewed by the readers, and the most suitable selected. The successful candidate would receive the first part of the award, $300. It is suggested that successful candidates seek a mentor to assist with elements of the presentation, as required.
Submission: The following year the candidate would be expected to offer their submission which should be presented following the guidance given below. This would be reviewed by the readers in accordance with the standards as currently stated in the award documentation. If successful, the candidate would then receive the second part of the award, $700, and be invited to present their paper to the ANZACPE Conference.
The Paper needs:
- To be an original work
- To follow either the APA Style – for an example of the APA Referencing Style Guide see Waikato University Library www.waikato.ac.nz/library/study/referencing/styles/apa or the Chicago Style – for an example of the Chicago referencing Style see Monash University http://guides.lib.monash.edu/citing-referencing/chicago
- To have an introductory abstract of no more than 150 words describing the key arguments of the paper and conclusions reached o to conclude with a summary and a list of the references cited.
- To not exceed 3000 words (excluding the introductory abstract, the concluding summary, and the list of references cited)
- To comply with non-sectarian, non-racist and non-sexist conventions, except by way of fair illustration for comment
- To be sent as a Word document to John McAlpine jmcalpinenz@gmail.com by 1 June
- To be accompanied by a stand-alone information page containing the name, address, phone number, and email address of the author (this information will not be given to the assessors)
Expected Quality of Content
The Paper will:
- Present material that enhances the theory and practice of supervision in Clinical Pastoral Education be of a standard that could be submitted to a professional journal for publication
- Present material that is based on sound pastoral, theological, sociological and psychological principles (this does not prevent the author from entering controversial areas; however, the paper’s proposals must be able to sustain serious pastoral, theological, sociological and psychological scrutiny)
Assessment
- The paper shall be read by at least three assessors to whom the identity of the author will not be known.
- The decision of the assessors shall be final.
- In the event that no paper is deemed to be of sufficient quality, the prize will not be awarded that year.
Final Outcome
- When the assessors have decided the winner of the award, the recipient of the award will be provided with a designated session at the annual ANZACPE Conference to present the Paper and to engage in dialogue with the conference participants
- In the event that the author is unable to attend the Conference, other ways for the material to be presented will be decided by the conference organising committee