EULAR Awards: Stene Prize
Every year, EULAR and the Standing Committee of PARE offer the Edgar Stene Prize for the best essay on a previously determined topic. Plenary Session at the Annual EULAR Congress and is invited to the congress dinner. In addtion, the costs for the congress and four nights are covered by EULAR. The second and third winner receives a prize money of EUR 700 and EUR 300 respectively.
The national organizations of people with arthritis / rheumatism invite people with RMDs in their countries to participate in the competition by writing and submitting an essay on the topic of the year. Essays may be written in any national language and should not exceed two typewritten pages. Employees of the national patient organizations or scientific societies / health professional societies are excluded.
The best entry from each country will be submitted for the final decision made by the jury elected by the PARE Standing Committee.
Winners of the Stene Prize
2018
Winner: Magdalena Misuno, Poland
" My personal champion - supporting my everyday life with a rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease"
2017
Stefanie Hulst, The Netherlands
"Diagnosis from the perspective of a child"
2016
Simon Stones, UK
"Living with a rheumatic or musculoskeletal disease (RMD): How to take action to enjoy life to the full"
2015
Charlotte Secher Jensen, Denmark
"Taking control of my life - working together with health professionals to achieve my personal goals"
2014
Marinka Stein Due Sørensen, Denmark
"Vision 2043 - my ideal world for people with a rheumatic or musculoskeletal disease"
2013
Mette Toft, Denmark
"Growing up or growing older - my secret for healthy aging with a rheumatic or musculoskeletal disease"
2012
Raijna Heimonen, Finland
"Overcoming the challenges of getting around with a rheumatic or musculoskeletal disease"
2011
Lill Due, Norway
"How Exercise improves my Life with a Rheumatic Disease"
2010
Karin Nørgaard, Denmark
"Working with a Rheumatic Disease - My Daily Reality"
2009
Emmi Myöhänen, Finland
"My rare condition"
2007
Lena Andersen, Denmark
"The small things in life matter"
2005
Monika King, Switzerland
Essay on coping with fatigue and tiredness of arthritis/rheumatism:
"My tiredness - an encounter"
2003
Nanna Valentin Gaarde, Denmark
"Is it easy to get an appropriate job? Strategies/My Experiences"
2001
Frances Bell, United Kingdom
"The long way to acceptance of my chronic diseas"
1999
Erzsebet Bernscherer, Denmark
"How do you expect modern IT Technology to be of any use to rheumatics in the future?"
1995
Monique Faure, France
"The every day life of a young person with arthritis from childhood to adolescence"
1991
Mona Rasmussen, Denmark
"How I deep my sense of humor and enjoyment of life despite a rheumatic disorder"
1987
Krystyna Baziuk, Poland
"What has helped me mostly in controlling my illness?"
1983
Aleksandra Drogi, Poland
"The rheumatic person in the family"
1981
Karin Heramb, Denmark
No topic
1975
JM Tuin-Brouwer, Netherlands
"Rheumatism"
Related information
Stene Prize competition 2019
My ideal employer - Work without barriers for people with RMDs
Letter to the Presidents and Liaison Officers of national EULAR PARE
read the Letter here
Stene Prize Rules 2019
read the Stene Prize Rules 2019 here
Stene Prize Jury 2019
Stene Prize Booklets
Read the inspiring and moving stories.
- Read booklet 2018
- Read booklet 2017
- Read booklet 2016
- Read booklet 2015
- Read booklet 2014
- Read booklet 2013
- Read booklet 2012
- Read booklet 2011
- Read booklet 2010
- Read booklet 2009
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