Women’s History Scotland are looking for entries to the Leah Leneman Essay Prize competition, a bi-annual prize of £100 for a new essay in the field of Scottish women’s and/or gender history.
The prize was established in 2002 to celebrate the work of Leah Leneman, one of the foremost historians of women in Scotland. A trailblazer for women’s history in Scotland, she produced innovative studies on the women’s suffrage movement, on women in medicine, and on sexuality and divorce in the early modern and modern periods.
Women’s History Scotland wishes to acknowledge the important work of Leah Leneman and to encourage new women’s and gender historians to publish and to continue researching and writing in the field of Scottish women’s and gender history.
Forms of work that may be submitted include: undergraduate dissertation, postgraduate work (e.g. Masters dissertation or chapter of PhD), a piece of original research by an independent scholar. Please note the instructions for preparation below.
- The essay must be principally focused on some aspect of Scottish women’s or gender history but may deal with any time period.
- No area of Scottish women’s or gender history is excluded.
- The essay should be written in English, and in a form suitable for publication.
- It should be between 8,000 and 10,000 words in length. Longer or shorter submissions will not be considered.
- The essay should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
To be eligible to submit an essay to the competition the candidate must not be in permanent academic employment. The essay will be considered by a panel of judges set up by the Steering Committee of Women’s History Scotland and the prize will be presented at one of the Scottish Women’s History Network conferences.
For more information and details of how to submit your essay, visit the Women’s History Scotland website.
