Postgraduate Essay Prize

The TaPRA Postgraduate Essay Prize aims to recognise and support excellent postgraduate scholars within our discipline. All entrants will receive peer feedback on their submission. The prize includes the opportunity to be mentored towards publication in a major academic journal.

PRIZES

2022

2022 WINNERS

Georgie Hook and Bojana Jankovic

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 TaPRA Postgraduate Essay Prize:
“Scenographic ‘stuff’: perceiving everyday objects in performance (and beyond)” by Georgie Hook
and
“Essential work: Eastern European immigrants and models of participation” by Bojana Jankovic

 

Many congratulations to Georgie and to Bojana!

The winning essays emerged from a very strong shortlist.
We are grateful to our publisher sponsors and their generous support for this prize:
•    Palgrave Macmillan
•    Manchester University Press
•    Bloomsbury: Methuen Drama
The prize winners will both receive £50 worth of books from each publisher.
And we want to thank to editorial boards of the following journals for their work in reviewing the essays and mentoring the prize winners:
•    Studies in Theatre and Performance
•    Contemporary Theatre Review
•    International Journal of Performance Arts & Digital Media (IJPADM)
•    Research in Drama & Education (RiDE)
•    Theatre, Dance and Performance Training
The TaPRA Postgraduate Essay Prize for 2023 is now open for submissions: http://tapra.org/postgraduate-essay-prize/.
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