The Bodley Head/FT Essay PrizeEnter your essay for a chance to be published and win £1,000‘My brain is in a war it will lose’ — writing with Huntington's diseaseDiagnosed at 31 with a rare degenerative disorder, Carrie Jade Williams, winner of this year’s Bodley Head/FT essay prize, found it increasingly hard to write. Could technology help her to find her voice?2019 Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize winner: Your tongue is still yoursWhat happens when we lose the language of our ancestors?The Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize: how to write a winning entrySix tips that could lift your essay to the £1,000 prizeSimon Schama: why not be wordy?Aspiring writers are often advised to be concise — yet there are other ways of making every word countThe 2018 Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize winner: ‘In sickness and in health’Memories of being laid low in a Manhattan hotel by a honeymoon virus prompt a journey into the more distant past2018 Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize runner-up: The restless earthAs China’s young migrate to cities, nature is reclaiming villages inhabited only by the old and poorMore from this Series2018 Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize runner-up: The muralists keeping peace in Belfast’s no man’s landProtestant Mark Ervine and his Catholic apprentice Paul Doran on a fragile peace ‘on the wall’Simon Schama: Why I writeDickens’ abundance and Orwell’s asperity are equally inspiring2016 Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize winner: Cash and curryHow demonetisation and a TV chef inspired an unlikely Indian pilgrimage2015 Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize winner: Dreams of the seaBolivia’s battle to reclaim its lost coastline2014 Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize winner: EiderdownEdward Posnett explores the links between Icelanders, ducks and capitalism2013 Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize winner: British Muslim Soldier2012 Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize winner: Getting past CoetzeeThe South African academic Hedley Twidle won the first Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize with this essayThe Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize 2020 terms and conditions
