Bodley Head/FT essay competition offers £1,000

The 2015 Bodley Head/Financial Times essay prize offers £1, 000 prize to its winner as well as the opportunity to get published. The prize, now in its fourth year, attracts hundreds of entries and uncovers outstanding new talent each year.  The judges are looking for dynamic, lively and authoritative non-fiction essays of no more than […]

The 2015 Bodley Head/Financial Times essay prize offers £1, 000 prize to its winner as well as the opportunity to get published.
The prize, now in its fourth year, attracts hundreds of entries and uncovers outstanding new talent each year. 
The judges are looking for dynamic, lively and authoritative non-fiction essays of no more than 3,500 words, which cannot have been published before and which must be written in English and can be on any subject. Apart from £1,000 and e-publication by Bodley Head, the winner will benefit from a mentoring session with Bodley Head/FT editors.
Also, two runners-up will receive £500 each and have their work published as an e-book. The three top-placed entrants will receive a selection of Bodley Head books and a year’s free digital subscription to FT Weekend. Entrants must be aged 35 or under and the closing date is November 29, 2015.
Edward Posnett, 30, from London, was winner for 2013 for her piece titled, ‘A female common eider on her nest.’