Our Outstanding Case Writer Competition offers you the chance to compete against the best case writers in the world.

Prize and recognition

The winner of this competition will receive a prize of £1,150 ($1,400; €1,300) and a special trophy. We also announce the result to leading business press worldwide and invite the winner to feature on our website and in our newsletter, which is sent to 48,600 global subscribers. See our previous winners

Who can enter?

You must be a business or management teacher to enter this competition. Cases can be written by a team of two or more authors. Students and research assistants can be part of your writing team, but a faculty member must lead the team.

What is required?

Your case can be about any business or management topic. It can be based on field research, published sources or generalised experience. You can submit a single case or case series.

Your case or case series must:

• be in English
• clearly identify a protagonist and supporting actors
• articulate an issue, decision, problem or opportunity
• be a maximum of 5,000 words in total, excluding exhibits (you can submit an abridged version of your case if it is over 5,000 words), or 25 minutes if it’s a video case
• include a teaching note (no word limit)
• have been completed after 1 January 2019
• have been tested at least twice in the classroom
• be submitted to The Case Centre should it win its category.

How do I enter?

The 2020/21 competition closed on 8 October 2020. The 2021/22 competition will open on 1 March 2021.

Judging

The 2020/21 Outstanding Case Writer competition will by judged by a panel of internationally renowned case method experts.

Richard McCracken, The Case Centre
Naman Desai, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Caren Scheepers, Gordon Institute of Business Science
Tao Yue, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

Find out what the judges are looking for

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