The Peter Guilday Prize
The Guilday Prize at a Glance
The Guilday Prize honors a manuscript from an author who has not previously been published. The winning manuscript is published in the Catholic Historical Review.
Annually
$250 + publication in the Catholic Historical Review
Early 2022
Send your manuscript to the editors of the Catholic Historical Review. Please consult the CHR’s style sheet and submission instructions.
Submission deadline: September 1, 2021

About the Guilday Prize
The Peter Guilday Prize is awarded for a manuscript, accepted by the editor of the Catholic Historical Review, that is the author’s first scholarly publication. Entries must be submitted as articles; those received in the editorial office by September 1 of any year will be considered for that year’s prize, the amount of which is $250.
The winning article will be published in the following year. Any author who is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada is eligible.

Submission Rules
The general rules for submission are:
- The manuscript must be the author’s first scholarly publication.
- The author must be a permanent resident of the United States or Canada.
- The manuscript must meet all publication requirements of the Catholic Historical Review.
Submission deadline: September 1, 2021
Past Winners
Year | Awardee | Work | Appears in |
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2017 | Kathleen Walkowiak | “Public Authority and Private Constraints: Eugenius III and the Council of Reims” | Catholic Historical Review, Summer 2017 |
2016 | Christopher Riedel, Ph.D. | “Praising God Together: Monastic Reformers and Laypeople in Tenth-Century Winchester” | Catholic Historical Review, Spring 2016 |