Through its Publication Prize program, the Medieval Academy of America aims to accomplish three goals:
1) Honoring and promoting outstanding scholarship produced by medievalists;
2) Supporting authors in any medieval field and at all career levels by raising the visibility of their scholarship;
3) Acknowledging the work of publishers of all kinds.
Award-winning publications scholarship should function as a model of current best practices in Medieval Studies and as a model for the future of the field. Although the various Prizes have specific eligibility criteria, general procedures and requirements are as follows:
1) In contrast to past years, authors of submitted books need not be members of the Medieval Academy of America.
2) All prize winners will receive a complimentary one-year MAA membership in addition to the prize.
3) All publishers are eligible, whether non-profit or for-profit.
4) Nominations may be submitted by authors or by publishers, but all submissions must use the central Publications Prize Portal. Please note that incomplete or late submissions will not be considered.
5) Ordinarily a nomination should go forward in a single category for a given year. Authors and publishers should contact the Executive Director LFD@TheMedievalAcademy.org for queries about exceptions to this policy.
6) Monographs that have previously been awarded an MAA Publication Prize are not eligible for other MAA Publication Prizes except for the Haskins Medal.
7) Submissions may be by hardcopy and/or eBook.
8) All submissions and supporting documents must be received by 15 October.
9) Prizes will be announced in February and awarded during the annual meeting of the Medieval Academy of America.
10) Authors need not be residents of North America, but all submissions must be written in English.
Monograph Prizes:
John Nicholas Brown Prize: Best First Monograph
Byzantine Studies Prize: Best Monograph in Byzantine Studies
Karen Gould Prize: Best Medieval Art History Monograph
Haskins Medal: Best Monograph in Medieval Studies
Jerome Singerman Prize: Best Second Monograph
Article Prizes:
Article Prize in Critical Race Studies: Best Article in the field of Medieval Critical Race Studies
Van Courtlandt Elliott Prize: Best Early-Career Article
Other Formats:
Digital Humanities and Multimedia Studies Prize: Best DH Project
Monica Green Prize: For an exceptional project (for example, a publication, exhibit, performance, or DH project) that shows the importance of studying the medieval past to understand the present.
