2024 Human Rights Essay Prize Guidelines
SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN.
Entries are open to writers in Australia and world wide. Entries close on 15 May 2024 at 11.59pm Australian Western Standard Time (GMT +8).
First Place: AUD $5,000 + flight to Perth, Western Australia
Second Place: AUD $1,000
Shortlisted essays: AUD $250
The shortlist will be announced in June 2024.
The winner will be announced and published in Portside Review inJuly 2024. The winner will receive AUD $5,000, flights to Perth Western Australia, and will deliver a lecture on their essay’s topic.
All shortlisted essays will be published in Portside Review.
Entries will demonstrate an aesthetic excellence with high quality writing; and attention to human rights values with ethical integrity aligned with Centre for Stories.
Guidelines for authors:
Essays must be in English and can include essays translated from other languages.
Essays must be a non-fiction essay between 2,000 and 3,000 words.
Essays must be on the topic of social justice and human rights.
Essays may be activist oriented and engage with truth-telling, peacebuilding, social inclusion and/or cultural diversity.
Essays may be analytical, include formal creativity, and/or provide a personal testament, as long as they are non-fiction.
Essays may include references and evidence, but do not need footnotes.
Essays must be an original essay written by an individual living author.
Essays must not be previously published in print or online.
We encourage authors to make creative use of the essay form as appropriate to their subject.