Call for the Elsa Goveia Book Prize

The ACH is pleased to invite nominations for the 2025 Elsa Goveia Book Prize. Previously awarded every three years, the ACH book prize has been awarded every two years since 1995 and recognizes excellence in the field of Caribbean history.

Eligibility Criteria

• Any scholarly history or general work acceptable as an historical work published in 2023 or 2024 is eligible for this year’s competition.
  Any press or place of publication will be considered.
  Publication may be in English, Spanish, French or Dutch.
  Work should be marked by felicity of prose style and clarity of expression.
  Only first editions of original works will be considered.
  Multi-authored collections, anthologies, and other such edited works are not eligible.

Call for Submissions 

Authors, publishers, managing or marketing editors, or others must submit nominations to the prize chair and adjudicating committee by December 31, 2024 (submissions received after the deadline will not be considered). The winner will be announced at the 56th ACH Annual Conference in 2025. It is important that one copy of the book nominated be sent directly to each member of the committee. Please ensure that all charges connected with mail or courier services are pre-paid.

Please contact the ACH Secretary-Treasurer with any questions at achsecretary@gmail.com.

Elsa Goveia Prize Committee Members and Mailing Addresses:

Heather Cateau, Chair
c/o The History Department
The University of the West Indies
St Augustine
Trinidad
phone: 1 868 799 6773

Sharika Crawford
United States Naval Academy
107 Maryland Avenue
Mailbox 12C
Annapolis, MD 21402

Frederik Thomasson
Uppsala University
Department of History
Please send electronic books only to: fredrik.thomasson@hist.uu.se.