The Commission on Nomadic Peoples calls for submissions for the 2025 Best Student Essay Prize on the broad topic of nomadic peoples, as defined in our journal.
A focus on pastoralism, uncertainty and resilience, and their intersections, is encouraged.
Prize Details
Best Student Essay prize of £250
and GUARANTEED OPEN ACCESS publication in Nomadic Peoples in 2026
Eligibility
Essays should have been written during the period of graduate study or soon afterwards (within a year of completing), and should not exceed 7,500 words.
Exceptionally, undergraduate students may also apply.
How to Submit
Submit by 15 July 2025
Make your submission via this link: https://forms.gle/vDXCprWuEuNYabJe7
Alternatively, you may email it to: nomadicpeoplesiuaescommission@gmail.com
About Nomadic Peoples
NOMADIC PEOPLES
Published by The White Horse Press for the Commission on Nomadic Peoples
ISSN 0822-7942 (print)
1752-2366 (online)
Nomadic Peoples is an international journal published by the White Horse Press for the Commission on Nomadic Peoples, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Its primary concerns are the current circumstances of all nomadic peoples around the world and their prospects. Its readership includes all those interested in nomadic peoples – scholars, researchers, planners and project administrators.
Journal home page: www.whpress.co.uk/NP.html
NOMADIC PEOPLES EDITOR
Saverio Krätli
saverio.kratli@gmail.com
Please encourage your library to subscribe to the journal: every subscription supports NP’s goal of becoming fully Open Access every year via ‘Subscribe to Open’ (S2O), a mechanism whereby library subscriptions enable Open Access without author fees:
See www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/whpnp
