To be eligible for consideration for the prize, the book must:

• be at least its author’s second history book;
• be on any subject in social history;
• be an original and scholarly work of historical research;
• have been published in English during the calendar year 2024, by a scholar or up to three scholars collaborating as co-authors. At least one named co-author should be normally resident in the United Kingdom.

To be eligible to receive the prize the author or co-authors should be members of the Social History Society.

We have written to presses encouraging nominations, but please do encourage your publisher if you have written an eligible book and would like to be considered (please note that authors cannot submit their own work). The deadline for nominations will be in November 2025 (exact date tbc). Any questions should be directed to socialhistorysoc@gmail.com

The past winners include Sasha Handley, Hannah Barker, Khaled Fahmy, Lucy Bland, Lucy Noakes and Laura Gowing. You can read more about each winning book on the Book Prize page of our website.