2022 ASWAD PRIZES

ASWAD is pleased to invite nominations for its interdisciplinary awards for outstanding publication of a book and/or article on Africa and the African Diaspora published during the 2021 calendar year. Nominees can be considered in more than one category. Nominations must be submitted by August 15, 2022.

ARTICLE PRIZE

The 2022 Outstanding Article Prize
of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora

The Article Prize annually honors an outstanding peer-reviewed article focused on Africa and/or the African diaspora. The award committee will consider scholarly articles on any period and from any discipline published in English and is particularly interested in publications that are methodologically and conceptually innovative and demonstrate academic excellence.

1. The Outstanding Article Prize must include a short description of the article and its significance.
2. Articles published within the previous calendar year (2021) are eligible for the award.

Entries must be received by August 15, 2022 to be eligible for the 2022 award.

To nominate an article, please email a PDF of the publication to: [email protected]

Finalists and awardees will be announced on the ASWAD website in January 2023 and recognized during a ceremony at the August 2023 Joint Congress in Accra, Ghana.

Please direct all questions to [email protected].

Book Prizes

2022 Outstanding First Book Prize
of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora

The Outstanding First Book Prize annually honors an outstanding single-authored book focused on Africa and/or the African diaspora submitted by or on behalf of a scholar, activist, and/or artist who has not previously published a single-authored monograph. The award committee will consider books on any period and from any discipline published in English and is particularly interested in books that are methodologically and conceptually innovative and demonstrate academic excellence. Nominees for this prize who also meet the qualifications for ASWAD’s Rosalyn Terborg-Penn Prize may submit their work for consideration by both prize committees. Funding for the prize is made possible by a substantial contribution from an anonymous donor.

1. Nominations for the Outstanding First Book Prize must include a short description of the book and its significance. Nominators or authors must submit a physical copy of the book for each member of the award committee. Anthologies, encyclopedias, and other edited volumes will not be considered.
2. Books with a copyright date within the previous calendar year (2021) are eligible for the award.

Entries must be received by August 15, 2022 to be eligible for the 2022 award.

Mail ONE copy of the nominated book to EACH of the following jurors:

Nick Jones (Committee Chair)
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Yale University
P.O. Box 208204
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8204

John Thabiti Willis
4276 Corn Silk Lane
Woodbury, MN 55129

Oludamini Ogunnaike
4826 Ivy Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Finalists and awardees will be announced on the ASWAD website in January 2023 and recognized during a ceremony at the August 2023 ASWAD Joint Congress in Accra, Ghana

Please direct all questions to [email protected].

Rosalyn Terborg-Penn Book Prize
of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora

For Outstanding Original Scholarship on Gender and Sexuality in the African Diaspora

The Rosalyn Terborg-Penn Book Prize annually honors an outstanding single-authored book focused on gender and sexuality in Africa and/or the African diaspora submitted by or on behalf of a scholar, activist, and/or artist. The award committee will consider books on any period and from any discipline published in English and is particularly interested in books that are methodologically and conceptually innovative and demonstrate academic excellence. Nominees for this prize who also meet the qualifications for ASWAD’s Sterling Stuckey Prize or First Book Prize may submit their work for consideration by all committees. Funding for the prize is made possible by a substantial contribution from four anonymous donors.

1. Nominations for The Rosalyn Terborg-Penn Book Prize must include a short description of the book and its significance. Nominators or authors must submit a physical copy of the book for each member of the award committee. Anthologies, encyclopedias, and other edited volumes will not be considered.
2. Books with a copyright date within the previous calendar year (2021) are eligible for the award.

Entries must be received by August 15, 2022 to be eligible for the 2022 award.

Mail ONE copy of the nominated book to EACH of the following jurors

Sherwin K. Bryant (Committee Chair)
2013 Olde Regent Way Ste 150
Box 286
Leland, NC 28451

Sandra Adell
1718 Heim Avenue
Madison Wisconsin 53705
Email: [email protected]
608-334-0147

Jessica Marie Johnson
418 E. 22nd St
Baltimore, MD 21218

Finalists and awardees will be announced on the ASWAD website in January 2023 and recognized during a ceremony at the August 2023 ASWAD Joint Congress in Accra, Ghana.

Please direct all questions to [email protected].

The P. Sterling Stuckey Book Prize
of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora

The P. Sterling Stuckey Book Prize annually acknowledges books published in English submitted by or on behalf of a scholar, activist, and/or artist who has at least one previous single-authored book or comparable work. Nominated books must be on topics related to the study of the worldwide African diaspora. The award committee will consider books on any period from any discipline that examines the people and/or physical environment of Africa and/or its diaspora. The committee is particularly interested in books that are methodologically and conceptually innovative and represent literary excellence. Funding for the prize is made possible by a substantial contribution from an anonymous donor.

1. Nominations for The Sterling Stuckey Book Prize must include a short description of the book and its significance. Nominators or authors must submit a physical copy of the book for each member of the award committee. Anthologies, encyclopedias, and other edited volumes will not be considered.
2. Books with a copyright within the previous calendar year (2021) are eligible for the award.

Entries must be received by August 15, 2022 to be eligible for the 2022 award.

Send ONE copy of the nominated book to EACH of the following jurors

Benjamin Talton (Committee Chair)
Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
500 Howard PL
Howard University
Washington, DC 20059

Vincent Brown
Dept. of History, CGIS South Bldg.
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, #S430
Cambridge, MA 02138

Kwasi Konadu
[email protected]

Finalists and awardees will be announced on the ASWAD website in January 2023 and recognized during a ceremony at the August 2023 ASWAD Joint Congress in Accra, Ghana.

Please direct all questions to [email protected].