Every ECR participating in the annual ASCP conference is eligible to submit an article version of their presentation for the annual essay prize. The prize will be awarded for excellent scholarship engaging with the themes of the journal.

• The winning essay will be published in the ASCP issue of Philosophy, Politics and Critique.
• The winner of the essay competition will be officially acknowledged at the AGM and in the annual Chair’s report of the year in which the essay is published.
• The winner of the essay competition will be awarded a free registration at the following year’s ASCP conference.
• The winner of the essay competition will be awarded a travel bursary of $500 to assist them to attend the following year’s ASCP conference in person.
• The winner of the essay competition will be invited to organize a panel on the themes of the essay at the following year’s ASCP conference.

To participate in the competition:

1. The submission to the prize must be based on a paper that the author presented at the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy conference
2. The paper must be original work that has not appeared previously in print and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
3. The HDR or ECR must submit the full essay for consideration to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 28 February following the annual ASCP conference.
4. The submitted paper should include a 200-word abstract, up to five keywords, and conform to the journal’s style guide. https://www.euppublishing.com/page/ppc/submissions 
5. The submission should start with a page in which the author states their affiliation. If they are an HDR student, they should note the degree they are undertaking. If they are an ECR, they should state when they graduated from their PhD.

The winning paper will be given further feedback for revision prior to publication. The other submissions to the prize will not receive further feedback.

The prize will be judged by members of the ASCP executive and / or the journal’s editorial board.

Please direct all questions about the prize to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

An Early Career Researcher (ECR) is defined as an HDR or one who has graduated from their PhD in the last five years.*

* If an ECR has a career interruption, we welcome a short (up to 300 words) request for extending the 5 year limit. Please base your request on the ARC criteria for career interruption (https://www.arc.gov.au/about-arc/program-policies/eligibility-and-career-interruptions-statement)