The Wakley Prize 2006

摘要

So ended the essay1 by Cornelus J G Sanders that won our annual essay-writing competition last year-the Wakley Prize. We now invite submissions for this year's prize. Your essay can be on any clinical topic of international health importance. The winning author will receive ?00 and the essay will be published in the final issue of the year. Anyone working or training in a health-related field may apply. Your essay should be no more than 2000 words, and the deadline is Oct 15, 2006. The essays will be judged (without knowing the authors' identities) by the editors of The Lancet. Style, subject, poignancy, readability, and international relevance are the criteria we useto select the winning essay. The previous winning essays provide, we believe, important insights into the practice of medicine that were, and remain, a pleasure to read.To enter, please sendthree anonymised double-spaced copies of your essay, together with a covering letter, to DrAstrid James, The Lancet, 32 Jamestown Road, London NW17BY, UK, in an envelope marked "Wakley Prize".