George E. Haggerty Prize in LGBTQ+ Studies in Eighteenth-Century Scholarship

The George E. Haggerty Article Prize will be awarded in 2027.

Book Prize Deadline: Jan. 15, 2026

Guidelines:

The book must be peer-reviewed and published with a print date between Jan. 1, 2024 and Dec. 31, 2025.
The book may be nominated by a member of the society, by its author, or by the publisher.
Normally, submissions for the Haggerty prize are in English. Works written in languages other than English are permitted, but it may not be possible for the prize committee to assess these works. Please contact the Executive Director for further information.
The author must be a member of the ASECS at the time of submission for consideration. Membership information, including renewals, can be found here.
Should filling out this form be an obstacle to applying, please contact Executive Director Benita Blessing (director@asecs.org) for an alternate method.
Send submissions (three copies of the book) to the ASECS business office:
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
2397 NW Kings Blvd. Box 114
Corvallis, OR 97330
Submissions due Jan. 15, 2026.

Article Prize Deadline: Jan. 15, 2027

The George E. Haggerty Book Prize will be awarded in 2026.

Guidelines:

The article must have been published in a journal or any peer-reviewed publication with a print date between Jan. 1, 2025 and Dec. 31, 2026.
The article may be nominated by a member of the society, by its author, or by an editor of the publishing journal. Self-nominations are limited to one article per year.
Normally, submissions for the Haggerty prize are in English. Works written in languages other than English are permitted, but it may not be possible for the prize committee to assess these works. Please contact the Executive Director for further information.
The author must be a member of the ASECS at the time of submission for consideration. Membership information, including renewals, can be found here.
Should uploading the article to this form be an obstacle to applying, please contact Executive Director Benita Blessing (director@asecs.org) for an alternate method.
Submissions due Jan. 15, 2027.