Submissions are now open for the Labour History Review postgraduate essay prize 2024. The competition is open to anyone currently registered for a higher research degree, in Britain or abroad, or to anyone who completed such a degree within the timeframe set out in the rules.
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The cash prize for this year’s winner has been substantially increased by the Society for the Study of Labour History, and now stands at £700. In addition, the winning essay will be published in Labour History Review, and the winner will receive a year’s free membership of the Society for the Study of Labour History, which includes a subscription to Labour History Review.
Other entries of sufficient quality may be invited to publish their submissions in the journal. If so, then they will be given one year’s free subscription to Labour History Review.
Essays can be on any topic of labour history broadly defined, provided that they fulfil the requirements of the editorial statement/aims and scope of Labour History Review, as set out in the entry form. Essays should conform to LHR style guidelines, copies of which can be found on the websites of the SSLH (Guidelines for authors) and Liverpool University Press.
Essays for the 2024 competition must be submitted no later than 31 March 2024.
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Read about the winners of the Labour History Review Essay Prize 2023 >
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