Edinburgh Essay Award

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Edinburgh Essay Award 2025

Enter here from 1 October 2024 to 28 February 2025

Open to witers worldwide

First Prize £1,000

Announcing a new non-fiction prize for features, memoirs, travelogues, philosophical reflections or insightful analyses of historic or contemporary issues.

Shortlisted and longlisted stories will be revealed by 10 August 2025. All entrants will be informed.

Winners will be announced at the Edinburgh Essay Awards Lunch to be held at the Scottish Arts Club in Edinburgh in September

Entry Fee; £10 per essay

Bursaries for free entry available for skilled, under-represented writers worldwide, apply now.

First prize — £1,000

Second Prize — £500

Thrid Prize — £250

Publication will be offered to top 15 essayists in volume 1 of our journal of inspired writing, The Edinburgh Essays.

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The Edinburgh Essay Award welcomes non-fiction submissions on a broad range of topics. We seek essays on cultural subjects such as art, literature, theatre, dance, music, and other artistic expressions; travel narratives about locations, individuals, and experiences; profiles that explore the impact of people — from community figures to international icons; discussions of environmental issues from household to global level; personal memoirs capturing transformative or enlightening experiences; and examinations of philosophical, historical, or modern-day topics and more.

Entries should be no more than 2,000 words, excluding the title and captions. Photographs and graphic illustrations within the body of the essay are permitted. Footnotes are not permitted.

Entry fees and bursaries

Entry Fee: £10 per work. You may enter as many times as you wish.

Our bursary scheme offers a limited number of bursaries for talented writers who are under-represented. These bursaries are open to applicants worldwide who face challenges such as low household income, discrimination of any kind, disability, full-time caregiving responsibilities, a history of offending, or other barriers. We require you to submit the work you intend to enter into the competition as part of your application.

Apply for a Bursary now

Bursaries for the Edinburgh Essay Award are open from 20 September to 10 December 2024

 

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