Publishers and authors are now invited to use this form to submit their entries for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2025. The eligibility and submission guidelines are as follows:
Full-length, new non-fiction titles by living authors focussed on Russia and/or territories formerly known as the Russian Empire, the Russian Federation and/or the Soviet Union, with first UK or English-language publication dates between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025. Please note that collected works with different chapters by different authors are not eligible.
The deadline for submissions is 15 December 2024.
Each entry must comprise:
– a completed entry form
– a £25 entry fee per publisher / per imprint
– an electronic version of the book in pdf format (either the proof or final version, for distribution to the Book Prize judges only) and the book jacket image.
If requested in due course, seven physical copies of each entry must be submitted. If finished physical copies are not available, bound proofs may be submitted in the first instance, provided that they are of good quality and that their content reflects that of the final book, and final copies should be sent in as soon as they are available.
If a book is shortlisted, publishers may be required to provide further copies gratis for promotional purposes. No copies of books provided by publishers will be returned to the publishers.
Publishers and authors of shortlisted and winning titles agree to help promote their Pushkin House Book Prize status on social media, jacket cover references and at relevant events.
If you have any questions about the Prize or eligibility, please email bookprize@pushkinhouse.org.uk
The Prize is generously supported by Douglas Smith (author and winner of the inaugural award in 2013), Stephanie Ellis-Smith and the Polonsky Foundation.