Initiated in 1980 and awarded for the best historical article in the past year for a "pre-500 B.C." topic. 

Note: Up to and including 2008, the Charles Grant Prize included the entire B.C. period. In 2009 the Phil Barker Prize was introduced to cover the period 500-1BC.

Year

Winner

Article

Slingshot Issue
2018 Not Awarded    
2017 Ian Russell Lowell Chariot warfare 309
2012 Alastair MacBeath Transjordan Tales 284 onwards
2011  Ian Russell Lowell Kadesh from Egyptian and Hittite records 275