PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group
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2024 PRIZE NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
We’re excited to announce that nominations are now open for our 2024 student essay prize! We are looking for the best undergraduate essays on gender and politics.
UK Lecturers should submit their selected ‘best’ gender and politics undergraduate essay (max 3,000 words, excluding bibliography) to us by emailing: psa.women.politics@googlemail.com
NB: Students must not independently send their essays
The essays will be judged by Dr Laura Richards-Gray, Lecturer in British Politics at Birkbeck, University of London.
There is a cash prize for the winning essays:
1st Prize £150
2nd Prize £75
Deadline: Monday 1st July 2024
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PREVIOUS WINNERS
2023 WINNERS
Due to industrial action our 2023 student essay prize did not run.
2022 WINNERS
First Prize – ‘Evaluate the different ways in which the COVID-19 Pandemic has deepened gendered and sexual inequalities’ Braedie Atkins, University of Warwick,
Second Prize – ‘How successful have anti-gender movements been recently?’, Sarina Bremner, University of Manchester
2021 WINNERS
First Prize – ‘Feminist politics and the crisis in women and girls’ mental health’, Emily Lethbridge, Goldsmiths, University of London
Second Prize – ‘Assess the impact of women’s movements on recent political developments in India’, Sara Tan, University of Warwick
2018 WINNERS
First Prize – Natasha Jokic (University of Bath) ‘Discuss the relationship between the body and the state: Exploring the state’s use of biopower in the USA during the HIV/AIDS outbreak’
Second Prize – Cecilia Tenge-Rietberg (University of Durham) ‘May the best (wo)man win’? Assessing the effect of political competition on the nomination of female aspirants in Germany’s first electoral tier’
2016 WINNERS
First Prize – Sebastian Wigdell Bowcott (University of Leeds) ‘Critically assess the implications of postcolonial theory for our understanding of contemporary feminist politics’
Second Prize – Pablo Perez Ruiz (University of Edinburgh) ‘Is globalisation good for women?’
2015 WINNERS
First Prize – Letty Davis (SOAS) ‘Pinkwashing and Homonationalism: Gender, Sexuality, and Power in Israel’
Second Prize – Natalie Lovell (University of Leeds) ‘Critically examine the importance of ‘intersectionality’ for feminist political theory and activism’
2014 WINNERS
First Prize: Ellen Friend (University of Bristol) ‘Hunting Witches: Media Representations of “Non-Compliant” Woman MPs’
Second Prize: Rhian Williams (University of Leeds) ‘To what extent is Butler’s account of gender performativity helpful for understanding contemporary feminist politics?’
2013 WINNERS
First Prize: Jessica Firth (University of Edinburgh) Does the Rise of the Global Sex Industry Represent Progress or Failure for Feminism?
Second Prize: Daniela Filipa Martins Cabral (Queen Mary, University of London) Can women ever benefit from emphasising their difference to men?
2012 WINNERS
First Prize: Rebecca Tildesley (University of Bristol) To what extent does Prime Minister’s Questions marginalise women because of its highly masculinised form?
Second Prize: Emily Hazell (UWE) Is feminism a comprehensive ideology
2010 WINNER
Alexandra Hurcikova (University of Edinburgh)
2009 WINNER
Peter Allen (Queen Mary, University of London)
2008 WINNERS
Naomi Ralph (University of Edinburgh), Sara Ansari (Queen Mary, University of London), Peg Murray Evans (University of Sheffield)
2007 WINNER
Charlotte Coles (University of Edinburgh)
2006 WINNER
Catherine MacDonald (University of Edinburgh)
2005 WINNER
Lorna Robbins (University of Bristol)
2004 WINNER
Christina Eason (University of Manchester)
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