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\nCalls for the submission of self-nominated books and articles for the RHS First Book<\/strong><\/a> and Early Career Article<\/a> prizes<\/strong> closed on\u00a015 December 2025<\/strong>. Judging began in early 2026.<\/p>\n Shortlists for the 2026 prizes are published in May 2026 with final winners for both prizes announced in July.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n For further details of these changes and how eligible authors may make a submission, please see the individual pages for the RHS First Book Prize<\/strong><\/a> and RHS Early Career Article Prize<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n General enquiries about Society’s Prizes should be sent to: administration@royalhistsoc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n IMAGE: ‘Bird’s-Eye View of the Great New York and Brooklyn Bridge, and Grand Display of Fireworks on Opening Night … May 24, 1883’, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, public domain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Royal Historical Society’s annual book and article prizes recognise excellent historical scholarship and achievement. These prizes are open to early career historians, either for their first monograph or an article published while a PhD student or soon after completion of a doctorate from a UK or Irish university. The 2026 Prize Rounds: Shortlisted Titles …Continue reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52736,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/52736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/18091106\/Screenshot-2026-05-18-at-07.05.14.png\")
<\/a>\nShortlist of the 2026 First Book Prize<\/a>: the eight titles on this year’s shortlist were announced on 18 May 2026.<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>\nShortlist of the 2026 Early Career Article Prize<\/a>: the eight articles on this year’s shortlist will be announced on 19 May 2026.<\/h4>\n
\n2025 Article and Book Prizes: winners<\/span><\/h3>\n
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\nEarly Career Article Prize<\/h4>\n
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First Book Prize<\/h4>\n
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\nPrizes: changes for 2025 onwards<\/span><\/h3>\n
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