J.O. Westwood Medal

Details and previous winners of the J.O. Westwood Medal.

Award topic	Description
Award criteria	The best comprehensive taxonomic work on a group of insects, or, related arthropods (including terrestrial and freshwater hexapods, myriapods, arachnids and their relatives). Typically, this will be a taxonomic revision or monograph. Open to authors from any country who demonstrate the highest standards of descriptive taxonomy in the work nominated.
Prize	A specially struck silver gilt medal inscribed with the winners name and a £1,000.00 prize. Also costs incurred in attending the International Congress of Entomology, European Congress of Entomology, or other major meeting (specified by the adjudicators) to present their work.
Eligibility	Any individual or group whose work meets the criteria and who is/are living at the time the work is submitted for consideration.
Cycle	Annual, entries accepted up to 30th September in the year preceding the awarding year.
Adjudication	By a selection panel consisting of senior and international RES Fellows.
Entry	By nominating letter from the author(s) themselves or other nominator, accompanied by two letters of support and four copies of the work, sent to, Westwood Medal, Royal Entomological Society, The Mansion House, Chiswell Green Lane, St Albans, Herts, AL2 3NS, UK, or electronically to westwood@royensoc.co.uk.