The FWSA Book Prize is intended to recognise scholarship which is innovative, interdisciplinary and grounded in feminist theory and practice. Sponsored by Palgrave Macmillan since its second year, the third round of this highly successful competition is open to scholars who were employed at, formally associated with, or a postgraduate student at a British or Irish university or research organisation between 1st January 2008 and 31st December 2010.
Nominated books can be single or jointly authored monographs or textbooks and must be published between 1st January 2010 and 31st December 2010.
They can be from any discipline(s), must be published in English, but do not have to have a UK publisher. Edited collections are not eligible.
The deadline for the current competition is 31st January 2011.
Books may be nominated by authors or publishers, or you can nominate a book that inspired you. All entries will be judged by an external interdisciplinary panel of feminist, gender and women’s studies scholars. The winner and shortlisted entries will be featured on the FWSA website and in the FWSA newsletter. The winner will also be awarded a prize of £500.
The Nomination Form can be downloaded here.
Please contact administrator@fwsa.org.uk for more details.
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