Medieval Studies
• Van Courtlandt Elliott Prize (Medieval Academy of America) (for a first article). Nomination deadline: October 15.
Modernism
• Robert Motherwell book award: The Robert Motherwell Book Award is given annually and carries a prize of $20,000 awarded to the author of an outstanding publication in the history and criticism of modernism in the arts-including the visual arts, literature, music and the performing arts. Nominations are normally made by publishers and the winner is chosen by a panel of distinguished scholars and writers. Publishers interested in further information or in making a nomination should contact Grants Administrator, Dedalus Foundation, at grants [at] dedalusfoundation.org.
• Haskins Medal (Medieval Academy of America) (for a book on any aspect of medieval studies) Books remain eligible for five years. The period of eligibility is defined by the publication date printed in the book, which must be two–six years prior to the date of the award. For example, books bearing the publication dates 2002–2006 were eligible for the prize given in 2008. Nomination deadline: October 15.
• John Nicholas Brown Prize (Medieval Academy of America) (for a first book) A first book or monograph's eligibility is determined by the publication date. Books are eligible to be submitted in the third year after the publication date that appears in the book. For example, books bearing a publication date of 2000 were submitted in 2003 for the prize given in 2004. Nomination deadline: October 15.
Eighteenth-Century Studies
• Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies: Percy G. Adams Article Prize: NOVEMBER 15: The Society will give an award of $500 for the best article on an eighteenth-century subject published in a scholarly journal, annual, or collection between September 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009. Authors must be or become members of SEASECS.
• Innovative Course Design Competition (American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) (for a new approach to teaching a unit within a course on the eighteenth century). Application deadline: November 1.
• Biennial Annibel Jenkins Biography Prize (American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) (for a book-length biography of a late-seventeenth-century or eighteenth-century subject). Nomination deadline: November 1.
• James L. Clifford Prize (American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) (for an article of no longer than 15,000 words on some aspect of eighteenth-century culture). Nomination deadline: November 1.
• Louis Gottschalk Book Prize (American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) (for a historical or critical study). Nomination deadline: November 1.
• Oscar Kenshur Book Prize (American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) (for a work of interest to eighteenth-century scholars working in a range of disciplines). Nomination deadline: November 1.
Nineteenth-Century Studies
• Elma Dangerfield Prize (International Byron Society) (for a book on Byron). Deadline: any time.
• Emerging Scholars Award (Nineteenth-Century Studies Association) (for an outstanding article published within five years of the completion of the applicant’s doctorate). Nomination deadline: Postmarked November 2, 2008.
• NCSA Article Prize (Nineteenth-Century Studies Association) (for an article in any nineteenth-century discipline). Nomination deadline: November 15.
• Rose Mary Crawshay Prizes (British Academy) (awarded to female scholars of Byron, Shelley, and Keats).
Canadian Literature
• Lorne Pierce Medal (for imaginative or critical literature written in either English or French [critical literature dealing with Canadian subjects has priority over critical literature of equal merit that does not deal with Canadian subjects]) (Royal Society of Canada). Nomination deadline: December 1.
• Le Prix Spirale-Eva-le-Grand: Ce prix est décerné chaque année pour un essai ou un recueil d'essais portant sur les arts, les lettres ou les sciences humaines ou toute question touchant la culture, devra avoir été publié au Québec ou ailleurs au Canada. Par ce prix (une oeuvre d'art d'un artiste québécois), Spirale veut reconnaître la contribution d'un ouvrage de réflexion sur des enjeux qui concernent aussi bien la culture actuelle que sa mémoire, et qui sont pertinents au travail de recension et de critique accompli par la revue elle-même. Le comité de rédaction fait office de jury. Le jury nomme les finalistes au cours de l'été et le récipiendaire du prix est connu au cours de l'automne.
• The ACQL Literary Prize: ACQL annually awards two juried prizes, one in English and one in French, for the best book-length studies in Canadian and Québec literary criticism. This competition is open to works of criticism on Canadian or Québec literatures published anywhere in the work in English and French. Submissions must be made by publishers, and must have been published in the preceding year.
• Pierre Savard Award, bestowed by the International Council for Canadian Studies, for an outstanding monograph on a Canadian topic in English or French published within the past TWO years. Nominees must be members in good standing of ICCS. Deadline: October 31.
• Best Book on Atwood and Her Work (Margaret Atwood Society).
• Best Article Published in a Scholarly Journal or Anthology (Margaret Atwood Society) (for an article on Atwood).
American Studies
• The Constance M. Rourke Prize is awarded annually to the best article published in American Quarterly by the American Studies Association.
• The Yasua Sakakibara Prize is awarded to the best convention paper given at the American Studies Association annual conference by an international scholars. International scholars who have had papers accepted for the annual meeting may compete for this convention paper award. Scholars or practitioners whose institutional affiliation is outside the United States are eligible. Submit one copy of each conference length paper, i.e., 10-12 type written pages, via airmail to each of the following 2008 committee members postmarked no later than September 7, 2008; include a cover letter with author's name, institutional affiliation, paper title, and contact information.
• NEASA (New England American Studies Association) Book Prize. The Lois P. Rudnick Book Prize NEASA is pleased to announce the Lois P. Rudnick Book Prize for the best American Studies book published by a NEASA member in each year. We welcome submissions from all fields within American studies, especially in the form of monographs. The deadline for submissions is June 1.
• John Hope Franklin Publication Prize of The American Studies Association is awarded every year for the best-published book in American Studies. The period of eligibility for the 2008 John Hope Franklin Publication Prize will include books published between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008. Authors and publishers may submit books. To be eligible, books must be written in English, but the competition is not restricted to works printed in the United States. The winning author must be a member of the Association. Deadline: March 1.
• Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize of the American Studies Association. The prize consists of a lifetime membership in the ASA and is awarded every year for the best-published first book in American Studies that highlights the intersections of race with gender, class, sexuality and/or nation. The period of eligibility for the 2008 Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize will include books published between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008. Authors and publishers may submit books. To be eligible, books must be written in English, but the competition is not restricted to works printed in the United States. The winning author must be a member of the Association. Deadline March 1.