Oxford University Press @academic.oup.com is pleased to announce that the First Book Prize will open for submissions in Jan 2026. The prize offers up to 10 early-career researchers the opportunity to publish their first academic book fully open access on Oxford Academic, with the full OA fee waived.

Are you an Early Career Researcher looking to publish your first academic book? Join our digital workshop for personalised feedback on your book proposal from experienced OUP Editors and ECR peers. 📖
Spaces are limited. Share this opportunity with a friend!
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What’s their name? Such beautiful colours and an endearingly perplexed expression. (Also, pic for cat tax).

Last month saw the launch of a big project I've been working on for almost 2 years, 'Oxford Intersections: Racism by Context' academic.oup.com/oxford-inter...

Led by Prof. Meena Dhanda, this interdisciplinary scholarly resource on racism will build up over the next 3 years to 300 research articles.

Thank you to Nandini Das (@rentravailer.bsky.social) for acting as advisor on the First Book Prize, as well as for offering these kind words of support:

Sharing details of the new annual OUP ECR First Book Prize, which opens for submissions in January 2025, awarding up to ten applicants with the opportunity to publish their original and innovative work fully open access. More details and information on how to apply: academic.oup.com/pages/early-...

My OUP blog post on ‘How to turn your PhD thesis into a monograph’ received some very kind positive feedback so I’d like to share OUP’s new Early Career Researcher Hub, where you can find a link to the post plus other publishing tips and resources:
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