Goldsmith Book Prize Submissions

Submissions for the 2025 Goldsmith Book Prize are now open!

All submissions must be in English. Edited volumes will not be accepted.

Entries must have been published between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2024. If the book is scheduled to be published before December 31, 2024, but after the application deadline of December 18, 2024, please send galley/preview copies of the book.

Submissions for the 2025 Goldsmith Book Prize have closed. If you have questions, please contact Lindsay Underwood at lindsayunderwood@hks.harvard.edu

Application Deadline

December 18, 2024, 11:59pm ET.

Recent Announcements

April 4, 2024

Hannah Dreier Wins 2024 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Hannah Dreier of the New York Times is the winner of the 2024 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for her five-part exposé “Alone and Exploited.” Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs unveiled the winner of the prize live at the Goldsmith Awards Ceremony on April 3, 2024, in the JFK Jr.

December 6, 2024

Nominations now open for the 2025 Goldsmith Awards

Submissions for the 2025 Goldsmith Prizes for investigative and explanatory reporting are due January 9, 2025 at 11:59pm.

This year the Goldsmith Awards are offering a new prize category. Inaugurated in 2024 as the Goldsmith Special Citation for Reporting on Government, this year we will offer a formal Goldsmith Prize for Explanatory Reporting for the first time.