Publishers and authors are now invited to use this form to submit their entries for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2026. 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 and/or the Soviet Union, with first UK or English-language publication dates between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026. Please note that collected works with different chapters by different authors are not eligible.
The deadline for submissions is 30 November 2025.
Each entry must comprise:
a completed entry form
a £25 entry fee per publisher / per imprint
a pdf version of the book, either the proof or final version (for distribution to the Book Prize judges only) and a jpg of the book jacket.
If requested in due course, up to 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.