Call for Nominations: 2016 Grace Abbott Book Prize

The Society for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) is pleased to call for nominations for the best book in English on the history of children, childhood, or youth (broadly construed) published in 2015. The award of a plaque and a check for $500 will be made by mid-summer 2016.

Nominations are invited from publishers, editors, scholars, and authors. Current members of the SHCY award committee are ineligible (but current officers of the Society, including Executive Committee, are eligible for nominations). Nominations must be postmarked by April 15, 2016.

Send a copy of the book, physical or electronic (PDF only), for consideration to each of the book award committee members at the following addresses:

Adriana Benzaquén (Chair)
Department of History
Mount Saint Vincent University
166 Bedford Highway
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3M 2J6
Canada
adriana.benzaquen@msvu.ca

Nara Milanich
Department of History
Barnard College/Columbia University
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
USA
nmilanic@barnard.edu

Hugh Morrison
College of Education
University of Otago
PO Box 56
Dunedin 9054
New Zealand
hugh.morrison@otago.ac.nz