DeLong Prize Competition
The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing is pleased to announce competition for its eigth annual book award, the George A. and Jeanne S. DeLong Prize in Book History. A prize of $1,000 will be awarded to the author of the best book on the history of the book, broadly defined to include the history of the creation, dissemination, and uses of script or print. All submissions must be in English and must have been copyrighted in 2008. (Translations of works originally copyrighted earlier are eligible, but the translations themselves must have been copyrighted in 2008.) Because the purpose of the prize is to honor the work of an individual scholar, or of two scholars working closely together, collections of essays by more than two authors, reference works, and collaborative projects are not eligible and will not be considered. Submissions must be in the possession of all members of the jury by March 1, 2009. Please submit three copies of each entry, one to each member of the jury.
The jury for this year's prize is:
Dr Shafquat Towheed (Chair)
Lecturer in Book History
Literature Department
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Tel: +44 (0) 1908 659089
E-mail: s.s.towheed at open.ac.uk
Marija Dalbello, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Library and Information Science
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1071
USA
E-mail: dalbello at scils.rutgers.edu
Professor Alexis Weedon
SHARP De Long prize juror
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton
LU1 3UJ
UK
alexis.weedon at beds.ac.uk
Any queries regarding the prize should be directed to Professor Alexis Weedon, SHARP Publications Officer at alexis.weedon at beds.ac.uk