MLA - Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies

Organization: Modern Language Association

The Committee on Honors and Awards of the Modern Language Association invites authors to enter the competition for the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies. The prize is awarded each year to an author of an outstanding manuscript dealing with any aspect of the languages and literatures of Italy, including medieval Latin and comparative studies or intellectual history if the work's main thrust is clearly related to the humanities. Materials from ancient Rome are eligible if related to postclassical developments. Also eligible are translations of classical works of prose and poetry produced in Italy prior to 1900 in any language (e.g., neo-Latin, Greek) or in a dialect of Italian (e.g., Neapolitan, Roman, Sicilian). Eligible are book manuscripts in English or Italian that are ready for submission or already submitted to a press. If manuscripts are under consideration or accepted for publication by presses, all presses must be not-for-profit and members of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP). Prizewinners may only publish with not-for-profit members of the AAUP. Dissertations that have been substantially revised and transformed into publication-ready book manuscripts are also eligible; unrevised dissertations are not. Manuscripts may be submitted by authors or by not-for-profit, AAUP-member presses. To the author, the prize provides a cash award and a certificate. In addition, if the manuscript is published within five years, the not-for-profit, AAUP-member press that publishes the manuscript will be paid a subvention.