The Society of Architectural Historians is accepting nominations for the 2021 Publication Awards through July 31, 2020.
The Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award was established by the SAH Board in 2005 to recognize annually the most distinguished work of scholarship in the history of landscape architecture or garden design. Named for SAH past president and landscape historian Elisabeth MacDougall, the award honors the late historian’s role in developing this field of study.
Criteria for Submission
Books in English with a 2017, 2018, or 2019 printed copyright date are eligible. Entries for consideration may be submitted only by the publisher or publisher’s distributor. Self-published books are not eligible. Journals are not eligible. Subsequent editions of a book are eligible only if the original core material has been edited or revised. A new preface or introduction with no changes to the original text is not eligible. Books submitted for this award may not be submitted in the same year for the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award, the Antoinette Forrester Downing Award, the Philip Johnson Award, or the Spiro Kostof Award; books that have received one of those awards in a previous year may not be re-submitted for the Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award.
The Award
The award consists of a certificate and citation that will be presented at the Society’s 74th Annual International Conference in Montréal, Quebec, April 14–18, 2021. Following the presentation, the nauthor will have the opportunity to have a book signing in the conference exhibit area on Friday. The maward will be announced in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians and the SAHn Newsletter. The winning publication will become part of the Society’s permanent collection, displayed in the library of the Charnley-Persky House in Chicago, Illinois.
The Committee
The Committee is appointed by the president of the Society of Architectural Historians. One copy of the nominated publication, along with the completed nomination, should be sent to SAH HQ and to each committee member postmarked by July 31, 2020.
2021 Macdougall Book Award Nomination Form
For more information, go to SAH’s website.
