PROSE Awards


The PROSE Awards are presented by the Association of American Publishers' Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division.
Presented since 1976, the awards annually recognize distinguished professional and scholarly books, reference works, journals, and electronic content. The awards are judged by peer publishers, academics, librarians, and medical professionals. Publishers and authors are honored at a luncheon ceremony at the PSP Annual Conference in Washington, DC.
In recent years, the PROSE Awards luncheon has featured a live webcast of the event, original short films and several multimedia presentations highlighting winners.
Awards by the numbers:
  • Five “best of” awards chosen from 53 book, reference, journal and e-product categories;
  • Forty-five book subject categories for traditional print, electronic publications and print/electronic packages; and
  • Six awards for electronic products, including electronic platforms and e-products with multiple components.

    Categories

Book subject categories:
Electronic publication categories – For electronic products, including electronic platforms and e-products with multiple components. Electronic platforms and products are recognized in the following six categories:
  • Best in Biological and Life Sciences
  • Best in Humanities
  • Best Multidiscipline Platform
  • Best in Physical Sciences and Mathematics
  • Best in Social Sciences
  • Innovation in ePublishing
Journals categories – For print and electronic journals.
The PROSE Awards for Excellence – Chosen from among the winners of the books, eproducts and journals categories. One winner is recognized in each of the following categories:
  • Award for Excellence in Biology and Life Sciences
  • Award for Excellence in Humanities
  • Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences and Mathematics
  • Award for Excellence in Reference Works
  • Award for Excellence in Social Sciences

    The R.R. Hawkins Award

The R. R. Hawkins Award has been presented to the most outstanding work among each year’s PROSE Awards entries since they began in 1976.

Other awards