The 2020 prize has been awarded to two students, Joe Glynias (History) and Omri Matarasso (History). Glynias wrote on “Byzantine Monasticism on the Black Mountain west of Antioch in the 10th-11th centuries”, and Matarasso wrote on “Making Sense of a Mediterranean Controversy in Byzantine North Africa: The Collectio Sichardiana and Justinian’s Condemnation of the ‘Three Chapters.' " The prize is given annually to the best graduate student essay on any subject relating to the study of Late Antiquity.