Call for Nominations: IASPM-US Book Awards

The International Association for the Study of Popular Music-US Branch (IASPM-US) presents two book awards each year to the most outstanding books on popular music. The Woody Guthrie Award is for the most outstanding book that is an author’s first monograph, and the (inaugural) Greg Tate Award recognizes the most outstanding book beyond an author’s first monograph. Winners receive a monetary award and are announced each year at the IASPM-US Annual Conference.

IASPM-US requests your nominations for the most distinguished English-language monographs in popular music studies published during 2023. Books may be nominated by any member in good standing of IASPM, by members of the prize committee, by their authors, or by publishers. Copyrights must state 2023. 

The deadline for nominations is October 15, 2024. Nominations should be sent electronically to Francesca Royster (froyster[at]depaul[dot]edu) and should include the author’s name, book title, and publisher’s information including ISBN. The society will announce the winners at the 2025 IASPM-US Annual Conference.