The 2026 IPEd Student Prize opened for entries on Monday 8 September.
The prize acknowledges excellent work by a student of editing. It is open to any tertiary-level student enrolled in an editing or publishing course at a New Zealand or Australian tertiary institution in 2025, including students who finished their studies at the end of the first semester. Entry is open for work completed as part of the student’s course that demonstrates editing skills or reflects issues relevant to the editing profession.
The winner receives:
- A$500
- A one-year IPEd membership
- A dictionary of the winner’s choice from a list provided (either a one-year subscription or a printed copy)
- A style guide or manual (either a one-year subscription or a printed copy) of the winner’s choice from IPEd’s selected offerings
- A copy of The editor’s companion by Janet Mackenzie
- A 2-day online course from Biotext, “Writing and editing complex content”, valued at A$594.
Entries close on Monday 10 November, with the winner to be announced in early 2026.
The 2025 Student Prize was awarded to Portia Abbott, a student in the Master of Writing and Publishing program at RMIT University, for an industry report on what makes print text more readable for people with dyslexia. Previous winning entries include Despina Cook’s structural report, Lauren Connell’s essay on green publishing and Penelope Robinson’s essay on diversity in publishing.
The annual prize is judged by a panel of professional IPEd members, coordinated by the Standing Committee of Awards and Prizes. The committee will call for expressions of interest from potential judges in early October.
More information is available at www.iped-editors.org/about-iped/awards.