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Are you a postgraduate student, or have you completed a higher degree within the last three years? We want to read your new ideas and fresh perspectives! Whether it's a chapter of your current project or a tangential thread, consider submitting your work to the Medium Ævum Essay Prize 2027.

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For further information visit our website mediumaevum.org.uk/essayprize

SSMLL has awarded the Medium Ævum Essay Prize since 2008. Postgraduates and those recently graduated with a higher degree are invited to submit an essay that falls within the range of the interests of Medium Ævum (loosely defined as the fifth to the fifteenth century, in the Western calendar).