White Rose University Press (WRUP) is excited to join the University of Leeds for an Open Lunch event on Tuesday 25th February to launch the Leeds Early Career Publishing Prize 2025. 

The event will be opened by Deputy Vice Chancellor: Research and Innovation, Professor Nick Plant (Chair of the WRUP Editorial Board), and White Rose University Press Manager, Kate Petherbridge. Dr Alice Siberry, a prizewinner from a previous iteration of the Early Career Publishing Prize in Sheffield, will also be sharing about her experience of the prize and the process of turning her doctoral thesis into a monograph. Alice’s debut book, Diversity, Difference or Disorder: Neurodiversity in British Policing, is currently in development with WRUP.

The Open Lunch will be a great opportunity to celebrate open research and open access publishing, and to learn more about the Early Career Publishing Prize. The Prize is open to any University of Leeds PhD graduates whose doctoral degrees were awarded between Jan 2022 and the submission deadline (30 September 2025). Entrants will submit a proposal showing how they would deliver their doctoral research as a monograph, and a sample chapter of the proposed book. Prize-winners will each receive a £250 cash prize, and their proposals will be considered for publication by White Rose University Press (WRUP).

If you’re interested in applying to the Prize or learning more about the process, join us on 25th February, 1-2pm. This is an online event – be sure to register your place and get it in your calendar. You can also find more information about the prize on the University of Leeds website.