Current Awards:
Calls for Nomination
The George and Barbara Perkins Prize
The Perkins Prize is awarded to the most significant contribution to the study of narrative within a given year. It is conceived as a book prize rather than an author prize. All books on the topic of narrative, whether monographs, edited collections, or collaboratively written books, are eligible to compete. If an edited collection or collaboratively written book is selected, the prize goes to the editor(s) or the collaborators.
To be eligible for this year's prize, books must have a copyright date of 2022.
The winner of the competition for books published in 2022 will be announced at the MLA Convention in January, 2024, with the prize awarded at the 2024 International Conference on Narrative. Winners receive $1000 (USD) plus $500 (USD) towards expenses to the attend the ISSN conference.
Nominations may come from authors or publishers. Please send one hard copy each to the three judges for this year's prize by JUNE 1st, 2023:
Paul Dawson (University of New South Wales)
School of the Arts and Media
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052
Australia
Natalya Bekhta (Tampere University)
Faculty of Social Sciences
Kanslerinrinne 1, Pinni B5040
Tampere University
33014 Tampere
Finland
Virginia Pignagnoli (University of Zaragoza)
Departamento de Filología Inglesa y Alemana
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Calle San Juan Bosco, 7
50009 Zaragoza
Spain
Alan Nadel Prize for Best Essay by a Graduate Student
All graduate students who present papers at the conference are invited to compete for the Alan Nadel Prize for best essay by a graduate student. The winner will receive a copy of a Perkins Prize-winning book of his, her, or their choice and will be encouraged to expand the winning paper for consideration by Narrative. In addition, the 2023 winner will be eligible for $500 toward expenses to attend the 2024 conference.
Submit papers electronically as attachments (Word or PDF) to both judges: Divya Dwivedi (divyadwi@hss.iitd.ac.in) and Brian McAllister (bmcallister@aus.edu). Please title the subject of your email "2023 Nadel Prize." Papers must be received by June 1, 2023. Papers must be unrevised conference presentations and no longer than 2500 words. While formatting changes, correction of typos, and the addition of a Works Cited page are expected, changes to the substance of the argument are not acceptable. The idea is to reward the work presented at the Conference rather than the work done after the Conference.