Claude V. Palisca Award

Nomination Deadline EXTENDED: 11:59pm EST, 7 February 2025

The Claude V. Palisca Award honors each year a scholarly edition or translation in the field of musicology published during the previous year (2024) in any language and in any country by a scholar who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of Canada or the United States, deemed by a committee of scholars to best exemplify the highest qualities of originality, interpretation, logic and clarity of thought, and communication. “Previous year” refers to the copyright year as found on the copyright page of the book. Three categories of musicological works are eligible for the Palisca award: translations into English of musicologically significant texts; editions of music; or editions of musicologically significant texts.

The award committee, consisting of five scholars, will accept nominations from any individual and will choose a single winner from among all the candidates. The winner receives a monetary prize and a certificate, as well as recognition at the Annual Meeting of the Society. A work of scholarship may receive only one AMS award. An individual may receive the award only once.

Nominations, including self-nominations, of works published in 2024 may be submitted by 7 February 2025. Additionally, the award committee may solicit the curriculum vitae of each nominee.

Nominations and Review Copies:

• Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations on or about 15 February 2025.
• If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit. If the digital review copy includes a watermark, we kindly request that it be applied in a fashion that isn't too obtrusive for the reviewers, such as in the margins where it doesn’t cover the text, or in a light opacity.
• For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.

Important Notes:

1. You MUST click the 'Submit' button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
2. Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions".
3. If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
4. Publishers: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline EXTENDED: 11:59pm EST, 7 February 2025