The Society for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) is pleased to call for nominations for the best book in English on the history of children, childhood, or youth (broadly construed) published in 2024.
Submissions are welcome now and must be mailed to all three committee members by February 28, 2025.
If you have questions please contact Rebecca Jo Plant at rplant AT ucsd DOT edu with "Grace Abbott Prize" in the subject line.
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 June 2025.
2024 Grace Abbott Prize Committee members:
Rebecca Jo Plant, UC-San Diego, Chair
14061 Mercado Dr.,
Del Mar CA 92014
Julia Shatz, CSU-Fresno
Department of History
5340 North Campus Drive
M/S SS21
Fresno, CA 93740
Claudia Soares
Room 1.40C, Armstrong Building
School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Newcastle University
Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
United Kingdom