The founders, as in the last time (2020), were the East European Historical Society, the Cherkas Global University (Washington, USA), as well as KAD International (Effiduase-Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana).

The prize fund of the contest remained unchanged — $ 2,250.

Summing up the results of the competition was timed to December 2,2023 (this day is the international day for the abolition of slavery and has been celebrated since 1949). 

So, according to protocol, the works from the following countries were submitted to the competition: USA, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Slovakia and Russian Federation.

The commission for summing up the results of the competition selected the five best works, with a cash prize of $ 450 each. The following works were selected among the best:

— F.J. Tadjieva (Uzbekistan). Slavery in the Khiva Khanate: the use of slave power. Abolition of slavery and its socio-economic consequences;

— M. Smigel (Slovakia). To the Issue of International Aspects of the Prohibition of the Slave Trade and Slavery in the 19th century;

— V.M. Zavhorodnia (Ukraine). Modern Slavery: The Concept and Evolving Challenges for International Law;

— S.N. Nikitin (Russian Federation). To the Issue of the Evolution of Сhecklists of Prisoners and Slaves from Circassia who Fled to Russia in 1810—1857 (Using the Example of the “Circassian Slave Narratives”);

— A.E. Lebid (Ukraine, USA). Conceptualization and Juridicalization of Contemporary Forms of Slavery and Practices Similar to it in the System of International Human Rights Guarantees.