[Linganth] SLA Book Prizes 2021

[SLA Online]

Hi Lizzy!

I sent this announcement to the linganth list, but please post it to the
SLA announce list AND display at a prominent spot on our SLA website.  This
is the announcement for the two SLA book prizes, so we need to get the
information out there asap.

Thanks!

Kira

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*SLA Book Prizes 2021: Edward Sapir Book Prize, New Voices Book Prize*

Submission Deadline: *May 31, 2021*


The Society for Linguistic Anthropology announces two book prize
competitions in 2021.

*The **Edward Sapir Book Prize,* established in 2001, is a biennial prize
awarded to a book that makes a significant contribution to our
understanding of language in society, or the ways in which language
mediates historical or contemporary sociocultural processes.

*The **New Voices Book Prize*, to be given the first time this year, is a
biennial prize awarded to a book by a junior scholar (published within
twelve years of the PhD) that makes a pathbreaking contribution to the
field of linguistic anthropology.

Submissions are now open for the 2021 prizes. The SLA invites books with
conceptual and theoretical focus, as well as ethnographic and descriptive
works. Single-or multi-author books – *but not edited collections*– are
eligible. Books must be written in English and have been published between
January 2018 and December 31, 2020 to be eligible for the 2021 awards. Any
given book is eligible in only one biennial round of competition.


*Four copies* of books submitted for consideration should be sent to the
address below by May 31, 2021. (Publishers will often send them at the
author’s request.) Authors or publishers must *clearly specify* which
competition the book should be considered for: The Edward Sapir Book Prize
*or* The New Voices Book Prize. The same book cannot be submitted to both
competitions. Two committees appointed by the president of the SLA will
evaluate the submissions. The winners will be determined by November 2021
and the authors will be notified in advance of the AAA annual meeting and
assume responsibility for notifying the publisher.


The Edward Sapir Prize and the New Voices Book Prize will be formally
awarded at the SLA Business Meeting during  the AAA Annual Meeting in 2021.


Authors must be members of the SLA at the time of submission. To submit
your book for one of the two prizes, please fill out the submission form at
https://forms.gle/ypyxee2Rr479jjgY8. Questions about the prizes can be
addressed to slabookprizes at gmail.com. Four copies of the book should be
sent to the following address and must arrive by *May 31, 2021. *

*Kira Hall*
*President, Society for Linguistic Anthropology*
*Department of Linguistics*
*Hellems 290, 295 UCB*
*University of Colorado Boulder*
*Boulder, CO 80309-0295*

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