Registration for the 2026 Global Essay Prize is now open.

​Entry is free.

Each essay must address only one of the questions in your chosen subject category, and must not exceed 2000 words (not counting diagrams, tables of data, endnotes, bibliography or authorship declaration). 

Key Dates

• Registration opens: 2 February, 2026.

• Registration deadline: 31 March, 2026. (Registration is required by this date for subsequent submission).

• Submissions open: 1 April, 2026.

• Submission deadline: 31 May, 2026

• Late entry deadline: 7 June, 2026 (for the seven-day extension) or 21 June, 2026 (for the twenty-one-day extension). 

• Notification of short-listed essayists: 7 July, 2026.

• Academic conference: 2-4 October, 2026.

• Awards dinner: 3 October, 2026.