About the award
This award aims to recognise potential in early career individuals and give the winner(s) the opportunity to attend the ALPSP Annual Conference in person. In return, the winner(s) will be required to write a short review of their experiences of the conference.
Read the press release announcement from September 2025.
The ALPSP Rising Star Award is sponsored by the Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS)
ALPSP Rising Star Awards Winners 2025
ALPSP is delighted to confirm the four winners of the ALPSP Rising Star Awards 2025:
- Isobel Birks, Commissioning Editor, Liverpool University Press
- Eleonora Colangelo, Public Affairs Officer, Frontiers
- Elizabeth Fraser, Senior Assistant Editor, Edinburgh University Press
- Elinor Potts, Comms Coordinator, LSE Press
Previous award winners
ALPSP Rising Star Awards Winners 2024:
- Hazel Rowland, IOP Publishing
- Anna Savage, BMJ
- Ella Gibbs, Bristol University Press
- Heather Townsend, Bristol University Press
- Melody (Zhuxin) Zhang, Wiley
ALPSP Rising Star Award Winners 2023:
- Jade Koo, BMJ
- George Litchfield, eLife
- Alex Oxford, Edinburgh University Press
- Danielle Tremeer, Geological Society of London.