6th Hume Studies Essay Prize

The Hume Society invites submissions for the Hume Studies Essay Prize, to be awarded in 2027. This annual competition is open to those ten or fewer years from the PhD, including those currently enrolled in a PhD program. The winning paper will be published with acknowledgment in Hume Studies, and the author will receive $1,000 USD. In the event of co-authored papers, the total prize money ($1,000 USD) will be divided equally between co-authors.

To be eligible for the prize, papers must be on some aspect of Hume and his world and be submitted any time before and including August 1, 2026. Any papers submitted by eligible authors after August 1, 2026, will be in the next year's competition. To enter the competition, authors should submit their papers to the journal for publication at https://www.humesociety.org/ojs/index.php/hs/information/authors. They will be asked as a step in the submission process whether they qualify; please indicate if you do. Papers will undergo the regular anonymized referee review process and a separate review by a subset of members of the Editorial Board, who will decide the competition winner. Papers not selected for the award may still be accepted for publication. The editors can decide not to move submissions on to the Board review if referee reports indicate they would not be competitive. The Editorial Board reserves the right not to award a prize in any given competition.

*In order to comply with IRS reporting guidelines, disbursal of the full prize value will require the winner to provide a U.S. taxpayer identification number. Please direct questions to editors, Elizabeth Radcliffe (eradcliffe@wm.edu) or Mark Spencer (mspencer@brocku.ca).