2026 Issue: Essay Prizes

Two £300 prizes will be available for the 2026 issue of the journal and subsequent issues in memory of Michael Moss and Lesley Richmond. Both of whom were former BACS Convenors and great supporters of business archives in Scotland who sadly passed away in 2020 and 2022 respectively.

 

The Moss and Richmond essay prizes are aimed at archivists, postgraduate students and early career researchers. Entries may explore any aspect of business and industrial history that uses archival resources or reflects archival practice within the context of corporate archives and those collecting repositories with business collections.

 

We welcome essays developed from postgraduate work (e.g. master’s dissertation or chapter of PhD), professional practice or a piece of original research. Submissions should consist of between 3,500 and 7,000 words. Entries should follow the format specified in our detailed style guide.

 

Full details are available here.