Book and Article Prizes

Biennial Article and Book Awards

Call for Nominations: Best Journal Article on the History of Children and Youth
and
Best Book on the History of Children and Youth

Call for Nominations For the Best Article Prize
Best Article on the History of Children and Youth Published in Calendar Year 2007 or 2008

The Society for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) is pleased to call for nominations for the best article in English on the history of children, childhood, or youth (broadly construed) published in calendar year 2007 or 2008 in a print or on-line journal. The award of a plaque and a check for $250US will be presented at the SHCY Biennial Conference, at the University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, July 10-12, 2009. Nominations are invited from journals, writers (self-nominations), and scholars. All are eligible for the award, except for current members of the award committee and the executive committee and officers of the SHCY. Nominations must be postmarked by Feb. 15, 2009.

Send a copy of the article for consideration to each of the article prize committee members at the following groundmail addresses:

Ning de Coninck-Smith
Department of Education
Tuborgvej 164
2400 Copenhagen NV
Denmark

Rebecca de Schweinitz
Department of History
Brigham Young University
2130 JFSB
Provo, Utah
84602

Tamara Myers
Department of History
University of British Columbia
1297-1873 East Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6T 1Z1

Address inquiries via email to Tamara Myers: tamara.myers@ubc.ca

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Call for Nominations For the Grace Abbott Best Book Award Published in Calendar Year 2007 or 2008

The Society for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) is pleased to call for nominations for the best book published in English on the history of children, childhood, or youth (broadly construed) published in calendar year 2007 or 2008. The award of a plaque and a check for $500 US will be presented at the SHCY Conference,
July 10-12, 2008 at the University of California, Berkeley. Nominations are invited from publishers, writers (self-nominations), and scholars. Current members of the SHCY award committee, the executive committee, and officers of the society are ineligible. Nominations must be postmarked by Feb. 15, 2009.

Send a copy of the book for consideration to each of the book award committee members at the following addresses:

Colin Heywood
School of History
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD
Nottinghamshire
England