Awards

The Beatrice Medicine Award for Scholarship in American Indian Studies: Monograph

(Sponsored by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies) 

This award is given yearly for an outstanding monograph in the field. The awards are open to any monograph published in Indigenous studies for the previous calendar year. Previous winners of the Beatrice Medicine monograph award are not eligible for the monograph Beatrice Medicine award. However, previous award winners can be considered for other ASAIL award categories.

Submit your nomination for the Beatrice Medicine Award for Scholarship in American Indian Studies: Monograph here. 

The Beatrice Medicine Award for Scholarship in American Indian Studies: Essay

(Sponsored by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies) 

This award is given yearly for an outstanding scholarly essay. The awards are open to anyone who has published in Indigenous studies for the previous calendar year. Previous winners of the Beatrice Medicine Essay Award are not eligible for the Beatrice Medicine Essay Award. However, previous award winners can be considered for other ASAIL award categories.

Submit your nomination for the Beatrice Medicine Award for Scholarship in American Indian Studies: Essay here.

The Electa Quinney Award for Published Stories

(Sponsored by the Electa Quinney Institute for American Indian Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

This award seeks to highlight the work of story creators who continue the tradition of teaching through narratives often crossing the boundaries of genres, formats, and disciplines. To celebrate the dissemination of stories into the many spaces in which they can be shared, all published stories qualify including online, small press, and fine arts printing venues. This award is open to anyone with a published creative book from the previous calendar year. Previous Electa Quinney Award winners are not eligible for the award. However, previous award winners can be considered for other ASAIL award categories.

Submit your nomination for the Electa Quinney Award for Published Stories here. 

The Carter Revard Legacy Award for Best Edited Collection

(Sponsored by ASAIL)

Following in and honoring the spirit of Carter Revard’s work, which called people together for the good of and to support our field, this award seeks to highlight edited collections that bring together various scholarly voices to collectively impact the field of Indigenous Literatures. This award is open to any scholarly edited collection published in the previous calendar year. Previous Carter Revard Legacy Award winners are not eligible for the award. However, previous award winners can be considered for other ASAIL award categories.

Submit your nomination for the Carter Revard Legacy Award for Best Edited Collection here.