2026 Andrés Ramos Mattei-Neville Hall Article Prize Call for Submissions

The ACH is pleased to invite nominations for the 2026 Andrés Ramos Mattei-Neville Hall Article Prize, a biennial award that recognizes the best article in the field of Caribbean history. The next prize will be awarded at the 57th Annual Conference in 2026 and will cover work published in 2024 and 2025.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Any history or general work acceptable as an historical work published in a scholarly journal between 2022 and 2023 is eligible.
• Publication may be in English, Spanish, French, or Dutch.
• Work should be marked by felicity of prose style and clarity of expression.

Call for Submissions:

Authors, publishers, editors and others interested in submitting articles for consideration must submit nominations to the chair and other members of the adjudicating committee by January 15, 2026. It is important that one copy of the article nominated be sent directly by email to each member of the committee:

Richard Blackett, Chair
Andrew Jackson Professor of History, Emeritus
Vanderbilt University
richard.j.blackett@vanderbilt.edu

Beth Manley
Professor of History
Xavier University of Louisiana
emanley1@xula.edu

Nathalie Pierre
Assistant Professor of History
Howard University
nathalie.pierre@howard.edu

The Andrés Ramos Mattei-Neville Hall prize was launched in 1996 and is a biennial award for the best article in the field of Caribbean History. The award is named jointly for late ACH members Puerto Rican historian Andres Antonio “Tony” Ramos Mattei (1941-1988) and Jamaican historian Neville Hall (1936-1986).