The editors of Shakespeare, in association with the British Shakespeare Association, are offering an annual essay prize. The winning entry will be published in Shakespeare and the winner will receive a copy of the volume (with 4 issues) in which the essay appears.

Submission Guidelines

The competition is open to research students and to early career researchers (who have held a PhD for no more than 2 years up to the submission deadline). Essays will be considered on any aspect of Shakespeare and will not exceed 6,000 words. Essays should be anonymised and submitted to https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rshk by 1 September 2015. The essays will be judged by a panel that will include the editors and members of the editorial board. The winner will be announced in December 2015.

In some cases, essays submitted by runners-up may also be published.