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The Southern Anthropological Society
requests nominations for
THE 2007 JAMES MOONEY AWARD
A juried prize to be awarded for the best book written
on the South or Southerners from an anthropological perspective
and published in the years 2006 and 2007.
The James Mooney Award: The purpose of the James Mooney Award is to recognize and thereby encourage distinguished anthropological scholarship on the South and Southerners. Presented annually, the award includes a $500 cash prize and certificate of recognition to be presented to the winning author at an awards ceremony. In addition, an Honorable Mention Award includes a certificate of recognition. The winning presses will also receive a certificate of recognition and will be granted free exhibit space at the Society’s annual meeting and, for one year, free advertising space for the winning books in the Southern Anthropologist.
Eligibility Criteria: To be considered for the 2007 James Mooney Award, a book musthave been published during the years of 2006 and 2007. The judges welcome works on the South or Southerners from any subfield of anthropology or from other disciplines so long as the primary perspective of the work is anthropological. Co-authored books may be nominated, but edited volumes may not. The nomination must clearly be for a single book, even if it builds on prior work by the author or others.
Nomination Procedures: Nominations for the 2007 James Mooney Award may be submitted by any individual, author, or press. The nomination should include a letter briefly describing the subject, identifying the anthropological significance of the work, and giving the name, address, and telephone number of the author. The letter of nomination should be accompanied by three copies of the book, one for each member of the selection committee.
Nominations for the 2007 award must be received by July 15, 2007 and should be sent to the following (from whom additional information can be obtained):
Spelman College; Campus Box 1702
350 Spelman Lane, SW, Atlanta, GA 30314
dwhite@spelman.edu; 404.270.6053
Books will be judged by a committee of anthropologists from different subfields in the discipline. The winner will be announced in March of 2008.