[Linganth] SLA Edward Sapir Book Prize

[Graber, Kathryn E.]

Greetings linguistic anthropologists!

The Society for Linguistic Anthropology invites submissions for the Edward Sapir Book Prize, through March 15, 2026.
The Edward Sapir Book Prize, established in 2001, is a 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 Sapir Prize will be awarded in 2026 and will cover books published between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2025.
Please keep in mind that the SLA holds two biennial competitions for book prizes, including the Sapir Prize (2026) and the New Voices Prize (2027).
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 the dates listed for the relevant prize. Any given book is eligible in only one biennial round of competition. The same book cannot be submitted to both the Sapir Prize and the New Voices book prize competitions. Authors must be members of the SLA at the time of submission.
To submit your book for the SLA Book Prizes, please fill out the submission form at https://forms.gle/6n8AqLzSoWwBCUvy5. Questions about the prizes can be addressed to slamemberatlarge at gmail.com.
Best wishes,
Kate


Kathryn E. Graber

Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology<https://anthropology.indiana.edu/about/faculty/graber-kathryn.html> and Department of Central Eurasian Studies<https://ceus.indiana.edu/people/current-faculty/graber-kathryn.html>

Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Anthropology

Co-Director, Qualitative Data Analysis Lab<https://ssrc.indiana.edu/facilities/quallab/index.html>

Indiana University

Member at Large, Society for Linguistic Anthropology (2023-2026)

publications: Mixed Messages<https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501750519/mixed-messages/> | Storytelling as Narrative Practice<https://brill.com/display/title/38668?language=en> | downloadable things<https://indiana.academia.edu/KathrynGraber>

I wish to acknowledge and honor the myaamiaki, Lënape, Bodwéwadmik, and saawanwa people, on whose ancestral homelands and resources Indiana University Bloomington is built.

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