Hakluyt Society Essay Prize

The Hakluyt Society awards annual essay prizes of £1250 to the winning essay, with a second prize of £250 to the runner-up (on occasions one or both prizes may be shared between entries). The competition is open to any registered graduate student at a higher education institution (a university or equivalent) or to anyone who has been awarded a graduate degree in the past three years. If possible, the prize will be presented at the Hakluyt Society’s Annual General Meeting in London.

Submissions for the 2025 prize are now invited, the deadline for which will be 1 March 2025. For further details, and instructions on how to submit your essay, please download the information sheet.

The Essay Prize Judging Panel for 2025 is:

Dr Katie Bank, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Department of History, University of Birmingham.
Dr Der​ek L. Elliott, Educator, Ljubljana International School, Slovenia.
Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg, University Researcher, Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Professor Claire Jowitt, School of History and Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, UK (Chair of Judging Panel).
Dr William Kynan-Wilson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Art History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Open University.
Professor Joyce Lorimer, Professor Emerita, Department of History, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
Dr Bertie Mandelblatt, George S. Parker II ’51 Curator of Maps and Prints, John Carter Brown Library, USA.
Dr Sarah Tyacke, Past President, Hakluyt Society and former Keeper of Public Records.