Narrative Society Awards
Each year, the Society presents scholars in the field with awards for the best book published the previous year, the best article in Narrative, and the best graduate student paper given at the Annual Conference. In addition and when warranted, the Society also awards The Wayne C. Booth Lifetime Achievement Award to those scholars who have made substantial and sustained contributions to the field of narrative studies.
Below are the current open calls for nominations:
Recent Awards
The Wayne C. Booth Lifetime Achievement Award
The Society will present the 2009 Booth Award to Gérard Genette at the annual conference, held in Birmingham this June. The festivities will include a panel devoted to Genette's work featuring papers by Seymour Chatman (UC Berkeley), John Pier (Université de Tours), and Gerald Prince (University of Pennsylvania) as well as the official presentation of the Award at the business lunch on June 6th.
The Barbara Perkins and George Perkins Award
Sharon Marcus, Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and Marriage in Victorian England. (Princeton UP, 2007)
The Best Essay in Narrative
Lucy Ferriss, "Uncle Charles Repairs to the A&P: Changes in Voice in the Recent American Short Story" (Spring 2008).
The 2009 Best Narrative Conference Graduate Student Paper
To be announced (deadline for submissions is July 15, 2009)