Cheiron 2024 Book Prize - Call for Submissions

[Larry Stern]

Call for Submissions: 2024 Cheiron Book Prize

 Cheiron welcomes – and encourages – authors and publishers to submit entries for Cheiron’s upcoming Book Prize Competition. Eligible works include original book-length historical studies, written in English, and published after October 15, 2022.  The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2023. 

 Subject matter should focus on either specific or more general aspects of the social and behavioral sciences including, but not limited to, histories of psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, sociology, and social statistics, as well as historical biographies of scholars in these areas.

Works that focus primarily on the history of medicine or history of education are not suitable entries, unless they are strongly tied to the history of the social/behavioral/human sciences. Edited collections or anthologies are not eligible, nor are conventional textbooks.

 Submissions will be judged on the basis of their scholarly character, depth of research, and the importance of their contribution to their field of study.

 Both authors and publishers can submit entries for the award. Members of Cheiron, too, can nominate titles, and this is encouraged as well. If you have come across a book that you believe merits consideration, please let me know and I will contact both the author and the publisher.

 The author of the winning book will receive $500 plus up to $300 in travel expenses to attend the Annual Meeting of Cheiron that will be held in Akron, Ohio in June 2024, where the prize will be awarded. If a winner is not able to attend the meeting, a remote-electronic (Zoom or its equivalent) presentation can be arranged. Announcements of the award will be widely circulated to relevant journals and organizations.

To enter the competition, authors or their publishers should mail two copies of the entry, clearly labeled "2024 Cheiron Book Prize,” to:

 Larry Stern

2703 Sylvan Way.

McKinney, TX 75072

USA

 If you have any questions, please contact Larry Stern at lst...@collin.edu