At the 2014 annual meeting of SCMS, two Katherine Singer Kovács awards for outstanding scholarship in cinema and media studies will be announced. One award of $1,500 will be given to the author(s) of an outstanding book. Another award of $500 will be given for an outstanding essay (not exceeding 20,000 words). Certificates of citation will also be awarded to winners in both categories.

Books and articles must be published in English between August 1, 2012 and July 31, 2013. They should be original works that significantly advance scholarship and thinking in the field either by opening up new lines of inquiry or by consolidating existing ones at a high level of accomplishment.

Books previously submitted for consideration for the 2013 Kovacs Book Award are not eligible.

Publishers and journal editors will be invited to nominate books and essays, but individual SCMS members should feel free either to submit copies of books or articles directly or urge their publisher or editor to do so.

Eligibility

Essays:

• To be eligible, the essay must be written in or translated into English, and appear in a journal issue published between August 1, 2012 and July 31, 2013.
  
  
• Authors may self-nominate; individuals may make only one nomination.
  
  
• Book chapters from edited collections are not eligible.

Books:

• To be eligible, books must be single-authored books written in or translated into English and published between August 1, 2012 and July 31, 2013.
  
  
• Republished volumes, edited collections, and multi-authored works are not eligible.

Procedures

• A completed nomination form (ONE nomination per submission form) containing the author’s name, e-mail address, title of the book/essay, name of publisher, publication date, a contact name and e-mail address for someone within the publishing company must be submitted online by August 1, 2013 (5pm CT).
  
  
• The essay should be saved in PDF format and uploaded on the submission form. If submitting a book, FIVE copies of the book(s) must be received in the SCMS office by August 2, 2013 (5pm CT).
  
  
• The SCMS office will verify the eligibility of the entry before distributing copies to the committee members.
  
  
• Failure to follow procedures will result in disqualification.