BACLS Monograph Prize 2025 Winners BACLS Monograph Prize 2025 Winners
Posted by Sandro Eich on 2025-11-06

The BACLS Executive Committee is delighted to announce the winners and shortlisted submissions for the British Association of Contemporary Literary Studies Monograph Prize 2025:


Joint Winners

Dr Dominic Dean

Killing Children in British Fiction: Thatcherism to Brexit (SUNY Press).

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The book was described by the judging panel as 'a very powerful, very contemporary book which has a lot to say about the present moment.'

Dr Emma Parker

Life Writing and the End of Empire (Bloomsbury)

 

Described by the judging panel as 'a wonderful book [and] a very significant contribution to knowledge.'

 

Shortlisted Entries

Dr Oliver Haslam

Minimalism and Affect in American Literature, 1970-2020 (Bloomsbury)

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Dr Gabriele Lazzari

New Global Realism: Thinking totality in the Contemporary Novel (Bloomsbury)

Bloomsbury New Horizons in Contemporary Writing cover

 

Enormous congratulations to our winners and shortlisted entries, and deep thanks to the judging panel who so carefully considered the entries!


Please note, the Postgraduate Essay Prize and Edited Collection Prize are still in the process of being judged and the outcomes will be announced as soon as practicable once this progress is complete.

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