The Society for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) is pleased to call for nominations for the Grace Abbott Book Prize, which recognizes the best book in English on the history of children, childhood, or youth (broadly construed) published in 2025.
Submissions are welcome now and must be received by all three committee members by April 15, 2026.
Nominations are invited from publishers, editors, and scholars, and self-nominations by authors. Current members of the SHCY award committee and SHCY President and Vice President are ineligible.
The winner will be announced in Summer 2026.
Please send a hard copy or a PDF to the prize committee at the addresses below.
2025 Grace Abbott Prize Committee members:
Claudia Soares
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
Room 1.40C, Armstrong Building
School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Newcastle University
NE1 7RU
Claudia.Soares@newcastle.ac.uk
Divya Kannan
27, Torrington Drive,
South Harrow, Middlesex,
London HA2 8ND
Karen Balcom
12 Albert Street
Guelph, ON N1G 1C6
Canada
The Society for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) is pleased to call for nominations for the 2025 Fass-Sandin Prize, which recognizes the best peer-reviewed journal article or book chapter in English on the history of children, childhood, or youth (broadly construed) published in 2025.
Nominations must be received electronically by April 15, 2026.
The winner will be announced in Summer 2026.
Nominations are invited from publishers, editors, and scholars, and self-nominations by authors. Current members of the SHCY award committee and SHCY President and Vice President are ineligible.
To nominate an article or book chapter, send via email a PDF version by April 15, 2026 to each of the Award Committee Members.
2025 Fass-Sandin Prize Committee Members:
Alfredo Escudero
Department of History
Florida International University
Nell Musgrove
National School of Arts and Humanities
Australian Catholic University
Megan Blair
Department of History
McMaster University
The Society for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) is pleased to call for nominations for the Laura Lovett Dissertation Prize, which annually recognizes the best doctoral dissertation on the history of children, childhood, or youth (broadly construed).
Eligible dissertations must have been defended in 2025 and in English or translated into English. Submissions will be assessed by a panel of childhood and youth history experts and copyright will be respected.
The award consists of $500 US and a two-year membership in the SHCY. The winner will be announced in Summer 2026.
Nominations must be received electronically by April 15, 2026.
Nominations should include:
1) an electronic copy of the successfully defended doctoral dissertation;
2) a brief (no more than 250 words) explanation of the dissertation’s contribution to the field of children and youth history;
3) a letter of support sent directly to the award committee from the dissertation advisor (or one of the evaluators) attesting to the dissertation’s significance and contribution to the field;
4) the report on the dissertation, if available;
5) proof that the doctoral dissertation has been successfully passed or deposited (please include author, title of dissertation), where the dissertation was successfully defended/deposited, defense date, names of dissertation evaluation committee members).
Nominations should be sent to all three members of the Dissertation Award Committee.
Dissertation Award Committee Members:
Edgar Liao
Department of History
University of Macau
Susan Miller
Department of Childhood Studies
Rutgers University – Camden
Sarah-Anne Buckley
School of History and Philosophy
University of Galway
sarah-anne.buckley@universityofgalway.ie