The American Friends of Marbach are excited to announce the launch of a new book prize, to be awarded biannually at the GSA Conference for the best book that draws substantially on the holdings of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach. The award will be announced at the annual banquet of the GSA and will include a prize of $1,000.
2026 Prize Competition Announced
Eligibility:
- Publication date must fall within the range of 2022-2025
- Membership in AFM, GSA, or employed/enrolled at a U.S. Institution of Higher Education
- Publication language must be either English or German
- Active officers of the AFM are not eligible
- In keeping with the AFM’s mission to support graduate and postdoctoral research, prize committees will give special consideration to submissions by early career scholars.
Submission:
- Self-nominations and nominations by publishers are equally accepted and encouraged
- Must include cover letter detailing relevance of DLA resources and/or AFM support
Deadline:
- To be eligible for consideration, nominations with cover letter and electronic files of the book must be submitted to all three committee members by June 1, 2026.
- At the same time, physical copies should be sent to all three committee members, postmarked no later than June 1, 2026.
Award Committee:
- Vance Byrd (AFM Board Member & Committee Chair), vbyrd@sas.upenn.edu
- Please send books to: Nassauische-Straße 16A, 10717 Berlin
- Meike Werner (AFM Member at Large), meike.werner@vanderbilt.edu
- Please send books to: 2221 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN 37212
- Jan Bürger (DLA Marbach), jan.buerger@dla-marbach.de
- Please send books to: Postfach 1162, 71672 Marbach am Neckar
- Please send books to: Postfach 1162, 71672 Marbach am Neckar