BARS 2023 First Book Prize: Call for Nominations

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Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2022. In keeping with the remit of the British Association for Romantic Studies, the prize is designed to encourage and recognise original, ground-breaking and interdisciplinary work in the literature and culture of the period c. 1780-1830. The prize is awarded to the value of £300.

The BARS Executive has appointed a panel of judges consisting of: Prof Mary Fairclough (York); Dr Yimon Lo (Tübingen and Leuven); Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland (RCS and Glasgow). The panel is chaired by Prof Simon Kövesi (Glasgow).

Eligibility, Nomination and Submission

The competition is open to scholarly monographs published in English by authors who have not published a monograph before. Books can be nominated by publishers, by members of BARS, or by the author themselves, using the form below. Nominations should attest to the significance of the book’s scholarly contribution, detailing its particular strengths and describing the nature of its originality in no more than 300 words. To ensure this remains a prize for Early Career Academics, the book’s official date of publication will be no later than 10 years after the award of the author’s PhD.

Deadlines: nomination forms, accompanied by e-copies or hardcopies of the book submitted, should be received by the chair of the panel no later than 15 July 2023. The award will be announced in the autumn of 2023.

Email address for all submissions and queries: simon.kovesi@glasgow.ac.uk.

Postal address for hardcopies of books: Prof. Simon Kövesi, School of Critical Studies, 5, University Gardens (Room 304), University of Glasgow, G12 8QH, Scotland.