Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit
The Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit is an annual prize for outstanding publications in the field of classics given by the Society for Classical Studies.
The Goodwin Award is named in honor of Charles Jaques Goodwin, a long-time member and benefactor of the SCS. Award recipients are chosen by a five-member elected committee and presented at the Society's annual meeting. Prior to the creation of the Raffaella Cribiore Award in 2025, they were the only prizes for books given by the Society.
Works eligible for the award must be published by a member of the Society during the preceding three years. From 1951 until 2013, the award had a single recipient; since then, the SCS Board of Directors mandated the Committee make three awards each year. The Goodwin Award is considered among the most prestigious accolades in classical studies and has had only one repeat winner, Peter T. Struck. Its inaugural recipient was David Magie of Princeton University in 1951.