London Archaeological Prize
Since its inception in 2004, this biennial publication prize has aimed to promote the highest standards in writing about London’s archaeology.
If you’ve read – or written – a great piece of work over the past two years, why not enter it for this prestigious award?
£250 cash prize and award certificate will be given to the best publication of 2020 and 2021. A second prize of £100, plus certificate, will also be awarded if enough entries of a high standard are received.
The prize committee would particularly like to encourage entries demonstrating innovative approaches and ground-breaking formats:
The winning entry, selected by a panel of judges appointed by London Archaeologist, will achieve its stated aims and deliver quality and excellence to its intended readers
Nominations must be received by Wednesday 25th May 2022.
The prize winner or winners will be announced in November 2022.
Download the Prize Rules and an entry form:
If you’ve read – or written – a great piece of work over the past two years, why not enter it for this prestigious award?
£250 cash prize and award certificate will be given to the best publication of 2020 and 2021. A second prize of £100, plus certificate, will also be awarded if enough entries of a high standard are received.
The prize committee would particularly like to encourage entries demonstrating innovative approaches and ground-breaking formats:
- Any printed or digital publication related to London is eligible;
- Anyone can make a nomination: author, publisher or appreciative reader;
- Past entries have included monographs, popular books and booklets, peer-reviewed papers, shorter articles and blogs;
- Potential audiences have included professional and amateur archaeologists, academics, children and the general public.
- Winning authors have come from a wide range of backgrounds
The winning entry, selected by a panel of judges appointed by London Archaeologist, will achieve its stated aims and deliver quality and excellence to its intended readers
Nominations must be received by Wednesday 25th May 2022.
The prize winner or winners will be announced in November 2022.
Download the Prize Rules and an entry form:
| Publication Prize Rules 2022 |
| Publication Prize Entry Form 2022 |
All nominations should be returned to Alison Telfer, Coordinator:
- Email: atelfer@mola.org.uk
- Post: Alison Telfer, London Archaeological Prize, Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London, N1 7ED
Often called the Publication Prize, this biennial award is given in even years for the best publication (or publications if entries are especially good) over the previous two years. It is adjudicated by a panel of judges from professional, academic and voluntary sectors of archaeology. The Prize was initiated jointly in 2004 by the Standing Conference on London Archaeology (SCoLA) and London Archaeologist. After the demise of SCoLA in 2009, sole responsibility passed to LA.
Previous Winners
2004
1st Prize: Kieron Heard and Damian Goodburn. Investigating the maritime history of Rotherhithe.
2nd Prize: Graham Gower and Kieron Tyler. Lambeth unearthed: an archaeological history of Lambeth.
2006
1st Prize: John Schofield and Richard Lea. Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate: an archaeological reconstruction and history.
2nd Prize: Victor Belcher, Richard Bond, Mike Gray and Andy Wittrick. Sutton House: a Tudor courtier’s house in Hackney.
1st Prize: Kieron Heard and Damian Goodburn. Investigating the maritime history of Rotherhithe.
2nd Prize: Graham Gower and Kieron Tyler. Lambeth unearthed: an archaeological history of Lambeth.
2006
1st Prize: John Schofield and Richard Lea. Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate: an archaeological reconstruction and history.
2nd Prize: Victor Belcher, Richard Bond, Mike Gray and Andy Wittrick. Sutton House: a Tudor courtier’s house in Hackney.
2008
1st Prize. Pamela Greenwood, Dominic Perring and Peter Rowsome. From Ice Age to Essex – a history of the people and landscape of East London.
2nd Prize. Jo Lyon. Within these walls; Roman and medieval defences at the Merrill Lynch Financial Centre, City of London.
2010
1st Prize: Julian Bowsher, Pat Miller. The Rose and the Globe – playhouses of Shakespeare’s Bankside, Southwark: excavations 1988-99.
2nd Prize: PCA. Secrets of the Garden: archaeologists unearth the lives of Roman Londoners at Drapers' Gardens.
1st Prize. Pamela Greenwood, Dominic Perring and Peter Rowsome. From Ice Age to Essex – a history of the people and landscape of East London.
2nd Prize. Jo Lyon. Within these walls; Roman and medieval defences at the Merrill Lynch Financial Centre, City of London.
2010
1st Prize: Julian Bowsher, Pat Miller. The Rose and the Globe – playhouses of Shakespeare’s Bankside, Southwark: excavations 1988-99.
2nd Prize: PCA. Secrets of the Garden: archaeologists unearth the lives of Roman Londoners at Drapers' Gardens.
2012
1st Prize: John Schofield. London 1100-1600.
2nd Prize: Julian Hill, Peter Rowsome. Roman London and the Walbrook stream crossing.
2014
1st Prize: Hazel Forsyth. The Cheapside Hoard: London’s Lost Jewels.
Runners-up: Robert Cowie, Lyn Blackmore, et al. Lundenwic: excavations in Middle Saxon London 1987-2000.
Warwick Rodwell. The Coronation Chair and the Stone of Scone.
1st Prize: John Schofield. London 1100-1600.
2nd Prize: Julian Hill, Peter Rowsome. Roman London and the Walbrook stream crossing.
2014
1st Prize: Hazel Forsyth. The Cheapside Hoard: London’s Lost Jewels.
Runners-up: Robert Cowie, Lyn Blackmore, et al. Lundenwic: excavations in Middle Saxon London 1987-2000.
Warwick Rodwell. The Coronation Chair and the Stone of Scone.
2016
1st Prize: Douglas Killock, John Shepherd, James Gerrard, Kevin Hayward, Kevin Rielly. Temples and Suburbs: Excavations at Tabard Square, Southwark.
2nd Prize: Penny Coombe, Francis Grew, Kevin Hayward and Martin Henig. Roman Sculpture from London and the South-East.
2018
Rebecca Haslam, Guy Thompson. An Immense and Exceedingly Commodious Goods Station: The Archaeology and History of the Great Northern Railway’s Goods Yard at King’s Cross, 1849 to the Present day.
2020
Warwick Rodwell & David S. Neal The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey Vol. 1 & 2
Warwick Rodwell & David S. Neal The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey Vol. 1 & 2