Nominations

Call for MSA Book Prize Nominations

Deadline for receipt of books: 1 April 2012

The Modernist Studies Association seeks nominations for this year's MSA Book Prize, to be awarded to a book with a printed copyright date of 2011. The prize is given each year to a book that makes a significant contribution to modernist studies. Authors need not be members of MSA to be considered for the prize.

The recipient will receive $1000 plus up to $500 toward travel expenses to the 2012 MSA conference, where the award will be presented. Honorable mentions, should the committee decide to confer them, will receive recognition and $150 each. This year, the committee chair is Pamela Caughie (Loyola University, Chicago). The other members are Holly Laird (University of Tulsa) and Stephen Ross (University of Victoria).

To nominate a book, please send a message to Pamela Caughie (pcaughi@luc.edu) as soon as possible and then contact your publisher to ask that a copy of your book be sent to each of the committee members, at the following addresses:

Pamela Caughie (Loyola University, Chair of the Book Prize Committee)
2940 West Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60645

Holly Laird
Department of English
University of Tulsa
800 S. Tucker Dr
Tulsa, OK 74104

Stephen Ross
Dept. of English
P. O. Box 3070
Stn CSC
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3W1

Please let your publisher know that books should be received by committee members no later than 1 April. Books arriving after that date may be considered for the prize but are not guaranteed consideration.

Please note that self-nomination is strongly encouraged, as it saves a step in the process and helps assure timely receipt of books. Whether a book is nominated by the author or by someone else plays no role in the Committee's deliberations.

Please note also that books must have a publication date of 2011. A book first published in another year will not be eligible for the prize. This exclusion applies even if 2011 saw the release of a new edition (paperback or revised, for example) of the book in question.