BOOK AND PUBLICATION AWARDS

Award Name (link) Description Eligibility Deadline Value

Canadian Awards

CALT Scholarly Paper Recognizes the work of Any member of CALT Mid-February Prize given at the Award new scholars by holding an Annual Conference holding an annual appointment competition for (tenured, tenure- scholarly papers that track, post-doc or make a substantial sessional contract) at contribution to legal a faculty or . department of law at a Canadian university is eligible to enter the competition within seven years of commencing the first such appointment.

CALT Award for the Honours exceptional Any member of CALT Mid-February Prize given at the Scholarship of contributions to the is eligible to submit a Annual Conference Teaching and scholarship of teaching paper on teaching and Learning and learning learning in law. The (investigating paper does not need questions related to to be published or teaching and learning accepted for and sharing the publication for answers obtained submission. through peer review, Submissions that have publication, not yet been performance or published will also be presentation). considered for publication in the Canadian Legal Education Annual Review (CLEAR). Papers that have already been published must have been published in the last 3 years.

Canadian Law & Awarded annually for Edited collections are Mid-February Winners are Society Association the best book on law technically eligible, announced at the (CLSA) – Book Prize and society published but monographs seem annual meeting in in the previous year in to be favoured early summer. English or in French.

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 1 Canadian Law & Awarded for the best For English articles, Mid-February Winners are Society Association article published in the the award is given announced at the (CLSA) – Article Prize Canadian Journal of annually for an article annual meeting in Law & Society. published in the early summer. previous year. For French articles, the award is given biennially for articles published in the two previous years.

Walter Owen Book Recognizes excellent Monograph or Edited Early March $10,000 Prize legal writing and to Collection (Foundation for Legal reward outstanding Research) new contributions to Published within the Canadian legal last two years literature that enhance the quality of legal Awarded in research in this alternating years for country. works written in English (odd- numbered years) and French (even- numbered years).

The Hilary Weston The prize is awarded Finalist works will, in Mid-March Winner: $60,000; Writers’ Trust Prize for literary excellence the opinion of the Finalists: $5,000 for Nonfiction in the category of jury, demonstrate a nonfiction, which distinctive voice, as includes, among other well as a persuasive forms, personal or and compelling journalistic essays, command of tone, history, biography, narrative, style, and memoirs, commentary, technique. and criticism, both social and political.

Governor General’s The Canada Council for Books must be Mid-March Winners receive a Literary Awards – the Arts is responsible submitted by an $25,000 prize, Non-fiction for administering and eligible publisher. finalists $1,000 and promoting the Since the awards publishers $3,000. Governor General’s recognize artistic and Literary Awards, which literary excellence, recognize Canada’s publishers must select best English and only works they French consider outstanding.

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 2 Fondation du Aims to reward The competition has Early April  Monograph and Barreau du Québec – authors who have four categories: (1) Treaty: $10,000 Concours juridique distinguished "Manuscript of a Legal  New Author: themselves by their Article", (2) $7,000 writings. "Monograph and  Manuscript of a Treaty", (3) "New Legal Article: Author" and (4) $5,000 "Directory and  Directory and Handbook of Handbook of Professional Practice". Professional Practice: $10,000 The categories are presented alternately over a period of two years, with the exception of the category "Manuscript of a Legal Article", which is recurrent each year.

Both English and French submissions are accepted

John T. Saywell Prize Given biennially to the Awarded for Mid-May for Canadian best new book in monographs. In Constitutional Legal Canadian legal history, exceptional History broadly defined, that circumstances, the makes an important jury could also contribution to an consider a seminal understanding of the article or series of constitution and/or articles, some of the federalism. latter not written in the two-year period, to satisfy the objectives of the award.

Canadian Studies This prize is awarded The collection may be Mid-July The winning Network – Best annually for an edited by one or more collection will be Edited Collection outstanding scholarly, editors, focused awarded a $250 edited collection of primarily on Canada. prize to be shared at articles on a Canadian the discretion of the subject that best editors in the case of advances our joint editorship. knowledge and understanding of Canada and Canadian Studies.

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 3 Canadian Studies This prize is awarded The author of the Mid-July The winner will Network – Best Book annually for an book must be a receive a $250 prize. in Canadian Studies outstanding scholarly member in good If eligible, the book on a Canadian standing of the CSN. winning book will be subject and that best The book may be submitted to the advances our written by one or International Council knowledge and more authors. for Canadian Studies understanding of for consideration for Canada and Canadian the Pierre Savard Studies. Award.

Canadian Studies This prize is awarded The prize is granted to August 1 The winning article Network – Best annually for an the best article in the will be awarded a Article Published in outstanding scholarly volume of the JCS $200 prize and the the Journal of article published in the completed most author or authors Canadian Studies Journal of Canadian recently prior to the will be granted a Studies. deadline date of Aug. one-year 1. The article may be membership in the written by one or CSN. more authors.

University of Ottawa The Library has created Must have produced October 1 Awarded by the Open Scholarship the Open Scholarship the work under Library during Open Award Award to recognize consideration recently Access Week faculty members who (e.g. within the last are committed to year); exploring the opportunities afforded by the global shift toward an open ecosystem of scholarly research and teaching. This non-monetary award is awarded by the Library during Open Access Week every year in which appropriate candidates are nominated.

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 4 Federation for the Awarded annually to Books that have Early October Four prizes of $2,500 and the best scholarly received funding from are awarded. Social Sciences – books in the the Awards to Canada Prizes humanities and social Scholarly Publications sciences that have Program (ASPP). received funding from the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP). The winning books make an exceptional contribution to scholarship, are engagingly written, and enrich the social, cultural and intellectual life of Canada.

Legislative Assembly Recognizes works by Submissions are Early October The winning book is of Ontario – Ontario authors welcomed in either announced at an Speaker’s Book reflecting the diverse English or French. annual awards Award culture and rich history reception held at the of the province and of Authors must be Ontario Legislature, its residents. Topics Ontario residents. and is then featured include the history of at the Legislative the province and its Publishing companies Assembly Gift Shop many communities; must be based in and in the Legislative prominent figures in Ontario. Library. Ontario from various fields including, but Books must be not limited to, , published for the first culture, arts, education time within the and business; the last two (2) years. history and achievements of women and minorities in Ontario; and the development of Ontario’s parliamentary system.

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 5 Pierre Savard Awards The Pierre Savard  Every member Late November The Pierre Savard (International Council Awards are designed association or Awards comprise a for Canadian Studies) to recognize and associate member of document signed by promote each year the ICCS can submit the President of the outstanding scholarly each year the title of a ICCS and by the monographs on a book that has been President of the Canadian topic. The published within the Adjudication awards form part of a preceding two years; Committee. The strategy that is aimed  Awards include a at promoting,  The book must be a sum of money especially throughout scholarly monograph toward travel and the Canadian academic dealing mainly with a lodging expenses, in community, works that Canadian topic and order for the have been written by written either in recipients to travel members of the English or French, by to Canada to Canadian Studies one or more authors. officially receive the international network. Award at the Annual General Meeting of the ICCS;

Donner Book Prize Annually rewards Only monographs or November 30 $50,000 (winner); excellence and collections of essays $7,500 (shortlisted innovation in public by a single author are titles) policy writing by eligible. Canadians. Books must be published between January 1 and December 31 of the prize year.

J.W. Dafoe Book Awarded to the best Only monographs are Early December $10,000 Prize book on “Canada, eligible (published Canadians and/or within the previous Canada’s place in the calendar year) world” published in the previous calendar year.

David Walter Honours those who A nomination should Mid-December The medal is Mundell Medal have made a include a list of the awarded by the distinguished nominee's published Attorney General contribution to legal writings and two writing. copies of one representative sample of writing

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 6 Professor William The Award is named in to be awarded to Any time The Award will take Tetley Award honour of the late Canadian authors of the form of a (Canadian Maritime Professor William high-quality articles, (The Award will monetary prize of Law Association) Tetley, who taught papers or not necessarily be between $500.00 maritime law at the publications. granted every and $1,000.00, as Faculty of Law of year, but only on determined by the McGill University. Submissions (in receipt by the selection committee. Submissions need not English or French) may selection be confined to topics be made by the committee of Winning submissions of maritime law, but authors themselves or submissions it will be published in may be devoted to any by anyone acting on deems to be of the Canadian topic of an educational their behalf. publishable Maritime Law nature pertinent to the quality.) Association Journal marine industry. (or republished there with the consent of the copyright holder if already published elsewhere).

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 7 International Awards

J. Willard Hurst Prize Given to the best work Textbooks, casebooks, Early January Cash award of $500 (Law and Society in socio-legal history. and edited collections Association) are not eligible for the award, but monographs will be considered.

Nominators must be current LSA members (self-nominations are accepted).

Books must be published in English, or be English translations of original works.

Books submitted must have a copyright date (regardless of actual publication dates) during the calendar year prior to the award ceremony.

Harry J. Kalven Jr. Awarded for "empirical It is not a book award, Early January Cash award of $500 Award scholarship that has nor is it a career (Law and Society contributed most achievement award, Association) effectively to the but is given in advancement of recognition of a body research in law and of scholarly work, society." including some portion of work having been completed within the past few years. Self- nominations are accepted.

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 8 Herbert Jacob Book The competition is Textbooks, casebooks, Early January Cash award of $500 Prize open to books from all and edited collections (Law and Society fields of, and are not eligible for the Association) approaches to, law and award, but society scholarship— monographs will be excluding only works of considered. socio-legal history, which are considered Nominators must be for the Hurst Prize. current LSA members (self-nominations are accepted).

Books must be published in English, or be English translations of original works.

Books submitted must have a copyright date (regardless of actual publication dates) during the calendar year prior to the award ceremony.

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 9 John Hope Franklin Recognizes exceptional The Franklin Prize is Early January Cash award of $500 Prize scholarship in the field awarded for an article (Law and Society of Race, Racism and published in the two Association) the Law. calendar years prior to the award year. The competition is open to all forms of law and society scholarship, to authors at any stage of their careers, and to authors from any country of origin. Articles may be published in any scholarly journal, including socio-legal journals, journals in other disciplines, and law reviews, or may be a chapter in a book volume. Co-authored articles, and self- nominations, may be submitted for consideration.

Law and Society Recognizes exceptional Articles may be Early January Cash award of $500 Association Article scholarship in socio- published in any Prize legal studies for a scholarly journal, journal article or including socio-legal chapter in an edited journals, journals in book. other disciplines, and law reviews, and self- nominations are accepted.

Law and Society Offered to a scholar, It is not a book award, Early January Cash award of $500 Association normally in residence nor is it a career International Prize outside the United achievement award, States, in recognition but is given in of significant recognition of a body contributions to the of scholarly work, advancement of including some knowledge in the field portion of the work of law and society. should that has been completed within the past few years, and self-nominations are accepted.

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 10 SIEL Hart Prize The SIEL/Hart Prize is a The manuscript can be Mid January The winner of the (Bloomsbury brand new prize a doctoral thesis or an (Every 2 years; prize will receive a Publishing) awarded every two original, book-length next deadline in contract for years to an piece of scholarship. 2020) publication within outstanding The manuscript can the Hart series unpublished focus on any field of, Studies in manuscript by an early or perspective on, International Trade career scholar in the International and Investment Law field of International Economic Law. and a £250 Hart Economic Law. book voucher. Individuals may submit a manuscript for consideration if they have completed either (1) a doctoral degree; or (2) a law degree that satisfies the academic requirements for the relevant national bar, no earlier than ten years before the submission deadline

Inner Temple Book Intended to encourage Monographs only Early February Two prizes: £12,000 Prize and reward the writing (awarded every 3 and £5,000 (new of books which make years; next authors) an outstanding competition in contribution to the 2021) understanding of the law as administered in England and Wales. Subject to that consideration, works dealing with international law, comparative law, the law of the European Union, the Commonwealth (or other international organisation), legal history, legal , of law, or criminology and the treatment of offenders will be eligible for consideration.

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 11 International The Call requests The Call is addressed March 31 The paper chosen as Association of papers concerning to doctoral students, the winner of the Labour Law Journals comparative and/or advanced professional award will be – Marco Biagi Award international labour or students, and assured publication employment law and academic researchers in a member journal, employment relations, in the early stage of subject to any broadly conceived. their careers (that is, revisions requested with no more than by that journal. three years of post- doctoral or teaching Winners will also be experience). invited to present the work at the Papers may be Association’s annual submitted preferably meeting in English, but papers in French or Spanish will also be accepted. The maximum length is in the range of 12,500 words, including footnotes and appendices. Substantially longer papers will not be considered.

Peter Birks Prizes for Each year the Society The prizes are offered Last Friday of Outstanding Legal offers two prizes for only for published May Scholarship outstanding published books. For the (Society of Legal books by scholars in avoidance of doubt, Scholars) their early careers. this means authored or co-authored books, not edited books.

On the closing date for nominations, authors have been in full-time academic employment for not more than 15 years (or its equivalent on a part-time basis) by that date.

Nominations must be made by either a head of department or any two members of the Society.

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 12 International Studies Recognizes a book that Recipients must be a September 1 The winner will be Association (ISA) – excels in originality, current member of announced at the ILAW Book Award significance and rigor ISA. Section Business in the broadly defined Meeting and will be field of international Eligible books must be awarded a cash prize law. Recognizes original works and of $200 and Section outstanding may be single- or membership for one contributions to the multi-authored. year. field of international Edited collections, law. textbooks and translations are not eligible.

Eligible books must have been published within the two-year period preceding the year of the competition.

ILAW Best Paper The Paper Award Recipient must be a October 1 The recipient will Award recognizes outstanding current member of receive cash prize of (International Studies contributions to the ISA. $100 and Section Association) field of international membership for one law. To be eligible for the year. award, the paper must have been presented at the ISA Annual Convention, or it must have been or is scheduled to be presented at another regional or national convention, either in or outside the United States, during the calendar year prior to the award.

Eligible papers may be single- or multi- authored.

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 13 Hart-SLSA Book Prize A book prize, open to Nominators must be First Monday of The winner is (Socio-Legal Studies all, for the most members of the SLSA. October announced at the Association) outstanding piece of SLSA Annual socio-legal scholarship All nominations Conference and published in the 12 should also be receives £250. months up to 30 accompanied by a September preceding copy of an email from the closing date for the author/authors nominations. consenting to the nomination and confirming that they can attend the SLSA's annual conference in the following spring if they are shortlisted for a prize.

The Socio-Legal An article prize, open Nominators must be First Monday of The winner is Article Prize to all, for the most members of the SLSA. October announced at the (Socio-Legal Studies outstanding piece of SLSA Annual Association) socio-legal scholarship All nominations Conference and published in the 12 should also be receives £100. months up to 30 accompanied by a September preceding copy of an email from the closing date for the author/authors nominations. consenting to the nomination and confirming that they can attend the SLSA's annual conference in the following spring if they are shortlisted for a prize.

The Hart–SLSA Prize A prize for the best Nominators must be First Monday of The winner is for Early Career book, published in the members of the SLSA. October announced at the Academics 12 months up to 30 SLSA Annual (Socio-Legal Studies September preceding All nominations Conference and Association) the closing date for should also be receives £250. nominations, emerging accompanied by a from a previously copy of an email from awarded PhD, MPhil, the author/authors LLB or MA. consenting to the nomination and confirming that they can attend the SLSA's annual conference in the following spring if they are shortlisted for a prize.

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 14 The Socio-Legal A book prize, open to Nominators must be First Monday of The winner is Theory and History all, for a book that members of the SLSA. October announced at the Prize makes a contribution SLSA Annual (Socio-Legal Studies to socio-legal theory or All nominations Conference and Association) to socio-legal history should also be receives £250. published in the 12 accompanied by a months up to 30 copy of an email from September preceding the author/authors the closing date for consenting to the nominations. nomination and confirming that they can attend the SLSA's annual conference in the following spring if they are shortlisted for a prize.

PROSE Awards The PROSE Awards The awards annually October 31 (Professional and recognize Scholarly Excellence) distinguished are presented by the professional and Association of scholarly books, American Publishers’ reference works, (AAP) Professional and journals, and Scholarly Publishing electronic content (PSP) Division. There is a category for Law and Legal Studies.

International Intended to recognize The work should be of December 31 $10,000 CDN Academy of an original legal work, a high scientific (awarded every 4 Comparative Law – in which the common quality, suitable for years; next prize Grand Prize (Canada law and the civil law publication in deadline will Prize) systems are the subject monograph form. come in 2021) of a critical comparative study in a Written in English or field of private or French public law, although other legal systems may also figure in the study.

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 15 International Society Awarded to an Please note that December 31 of Public Law Book outstanding book in proposals coming Prize the field of public law, directly from authors (International Society understood as a field will not be considered of Public Law (ICON- of knowledge that and that edited books S)) transcends are not eligible for dichotomies between nominations. the national and the international as well as The book should be between Constitutional published in the two Law and Administrative calendar years prior to Law. Preference will be the deadline. given to scholarship which, in dealing with the challenges of public life and governance, combines elements from all of the above with a good dose of political theory and .

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | 16 European Society of In line with ESIL's goals Books eligible for December 31 The winner of the International Law of encouraging high- consideration will be Prize is announced at Book Prize level scholarship and monographs on any the opening promoting a greater topic of international ceremony of each awareness and law written by one or ESIL Annual understanding of more authors. Edited Conference. international law, the books cannot be ESIL Book Prize is considered for the awarded each year at Prize. the ESIL Annual Conference for an Books eligible for outstanding published consideration must be work in the field of published by a international law. European publisher or written by a European scholar.

Books eligible for consideration must have been published in the year prior to the ESIL Annual Conference.

Nominations for the Book Prize are made directly by academic publishers. Proposals coming from authors will not be considered.

American Political Awards across a wide Must be a member of Deadlines vary Science Association variety of topics within the APSA per section and political science. per award. Award categories vary Various awards for between different books, articles, book fields, but there are chapters, etc. many award opportunities for academic publications. Visit the website and consult the relevant section titles to see what is available in a given field.

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