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“A splendid thing, both a tribute to one of the very greatest exponents of the form, and a venture aimed at ensuring the continued health and vivacity of the form itself. Montaigne would approve, and so would Orwell. Write on!” John Banville.
The 2025 Hubert Butler Essay Prize has been awarded to Stephanie O’Connor. Read her essay here: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
The runners-up were Aoife Bhreatnach and Adam Charles Smith. Read more about them, and Roy Foster’s and Barbara Schwepke’s speeches here: www.hubertbutleressayprize.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Book your free tickets for this year’s award ceremony 2.30pm, Saturday, 9th August in Kilkenny. www.kilkennyarts.ie/programme/th...
The Hubert Butler Essay Prize 2025 | Kilkenny Arts Festival | 7 - 17 August 2025
Organised by HEART London, the Hubert Butler Essay Prize encourages the art of essay-writing across Europe. Join us in the Parade Tower to discover the winners of this year’s competition, who...
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June 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Just under a month left to enter this year’s Hubert Butler Essay Prize. See details on the title and how to enter here: www.hubertbutleressayprize.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Belated congratulations to HBEP laureate (2020) Michael Amherst, who has had his debut novel published by Faber. You can read his winning essay here: www.hubertbutleressayprize.com/2020-winning...
The Boyhood of Cain
They live in a large house near the grounds of the choir school, where his father is headmaster. The school, a preparatory school, is situated in the center of town. The main building is big, red b…
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April 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This year’s essay title is: “‘Men must endure / Their going hence, even as their coming hither’ – King Lear. Have we no more active rights over life, birth and death?” See www.hubertbutleressayprize.com for T&Cs. Closing date 4/7/25. 1st prize 1500€.
March 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This literary prize is designed to reflect Hubert Butler’s interest in the common ground between the European nation states that emerged after the first World War; his concern with the position of religious and ethnic minorities;
February 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM