The PROSE Awards (Professional and Scholarly Excellence) are presented by the Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division.[1]

PROSE Awards
Awarded for'...the very best in professional and scholarly publishing.'
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers
First awarded1976
Websitehttp://proseawards.com/index.html

Presented since 1976, the awards annually recognize distinguished professional and scholarly books, reference works, journals, and electronic content. The awards are judged by peer publishers, academics, librarians, and medical professionals. Publishers and authors are honored at a luncheon ceremony at the PSP Annual Conference in Washington, DC.

In recent years, the PROSE Awards luncheon has featured a live webcast of the event, original short films and several multimedia presentations highlighting winners.

Awards by the numbers:[2]

  • Five “best of” awards chosen from 53 book, reference, journal and e-product categories;
  • Forty-five book subject categories for traditional print, electronic publications and print/electronic packages; and
  • Six awards for electronic products, including electronic platforms and e-products with multiple components.

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Book subject categories:

Electronic publication categories – For electronic products, including electronic platforms and e-products with multiple components. Electronic platforms and products are recognized in the following six categories:

  • Best in Biological and Life Sciences
  • Best in Humanities
  • Best Multidiscipline Platform
  • Best in Physical Sciences and Mathematics
  • Best in Social Sciences
  • Innovation in ePublishing (Discretionary)

Journals categories – For print and electronic journals.

  • Best New Journal in Science, Technology and Medicine
  • Best New Journal in Social Sciences and Humanities

The PROSE Awards for Excellence – Chosen from among the winners of the books, eproducts and journals categories. One winner is recognized in each of the following categories:

  • Award for Excellence in Biology and Life Sciences
  • Award for Excellence in Humanities
  • Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences and Mathematics
  • Award for Excellence in Reference Works
  • Award for Excellence in Social Sciences[3]

The R.R. Hawkins Award

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The R. R. Hawkins Award has been presented to the most outstanding work among each year’s PROSE Awards entries since they began in 1976.

YearAwardPublisherBook / Journal / eProduct
2021R.R. Hawkins AwardCambridge University PressAncient Maya Politics: A Political Anthropology of the Classic Period 150-900 CE
2020R.R. Hawkins AwardYale University PressLeonardo da Vinci Rediscovered
2019R.R. Hawkins AwardOxford University PressCyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President
2018R.R. Hawkins AwardBloomsbury PublishingArcadian Library Online
2017R.R. Hawkins AwardYale University PressReformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650
2016R.R. Hawkins AwardUniversity of California PressThe Scholar Denied: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology
2015R.R. Hawkins AwardThe Belknap Press of Harvard University PressCapital in the Twenty-First Century
2013R.R. Hawkins AwardElsevier ScienceAlan Turing: His Work and Impact
2012R.R. Hawkins AwardPrinceton University PressThrough the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350–550 AD
2011R.R. Hawkins AwardMcGraw-Hill ProfessionalThe Diffusion Handbook: Applied Solutions for Engineers
2010R.R. Hawkins AwardYale University PressAtlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
2009aR.R. Hawkins AwardJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs)[4]
2009bR.R. Hawkins AwardThe University of Chicago PressPlato’s Philosophers: The Coherence of the Dialogues
2008R.R. Hawkins AwardHarvard University PressThe Race Between Education & Technology
2007R.R. Hawkins AwardPrinceton University PressThe Dream of the Poem
2006R.R. Hawkins AwardHarvard University PressEvolutionary Dynamics
2005R.R. Hawkins AwardElsevierAtlas of Clinical Gross Anatomy

Other awards

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YearAwardPublisherBook / Journal / eProduct
2016Award for Excellence in HumanitiesCambridge University PressThe Roman Forum: A Reconstruction and Architectural Guide
2016Award for Excellence in HumanitiesHarvard University PressUnflattening
2016Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences and MathematicsPrinceton University PressThe Collected Papers of Albert Einstein: Digital Edition
2016Award for Excellence in Social SciencesUniversity of California PressThe Scholar Denied: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology
2016Award for Excellence in Biological and Life SciencesThe MIT PressPrinciples of Neural Design
2016Award for Excellence in Reference WorksElsevier/Academic PressInternational Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
2015Award for Excellence in HumanitiesCambridge University PressThe Material Life of Roman Slaves
2015Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences and MathematicsCambridge University PressAtlas of Meteorites
2015Award for Excellence in Social SciencesThe Belknap Press of Harvard University PressCapital in the Twenty-First Century
2015Award for Excellence in Biological and Life SciencesJohn Wiley and SonsUltrastructure Atlas of Human Tissues
2015Award for Excellence in Reference WorksCambridge University PressThe Cambridge History of the First World War
2013Award for Excellence in HumanitiesHarperCollins PublishersKansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker
2013Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences and MathematicsElsevier ScienceAlan Turing: His Work and Impact
2013Award for Excellence in Social SciencesCambridge University PressThe Body in History: Europe from the Paleolithic to the Future
2013Award for Excellence in Biological and Life SciencesThe MIT PressThe Neural Basis of Free Will: Criteria Causation
2013Award for Excellence in Reference WorksElsevier/Academic PressEpigenetic Regulation in the Nervous System: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Impact
2012Award for Excellence in HumanitiesPrinceton University PressThrough the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350–550 AD
2012Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences and MathematicsUniversity of California PressAtlas of Yellowstone
2012Award for Excellence in Social SciencesPrinceton University PressThe Unheavenly Chorus: Unequal Political Voice and the Broken Promise of American Democracy
2012Award for Excellence in Biological and Life SciencesHarvard University PressArthropod Brains: Evolution, Functional Elegance, and Historical Significance
2012Award for Excellence in Reference WorksCambridge University PressThe Cambridge History of Religions in America
2011Award for Excellence in HumanitiesCambridge University PressByzantium in the Iconoclast Era, c. 680–850: A History
2011Award for Excellence in Social SciencesYale University PressRepresenting Justice: Invention, Controversy, and Rights in City-States and Democratic Courtrooms
2011Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences & MathematicsMcGraw-Hill ProfessionalThe Diffusion Handbook: Applied Solutions for Engineers
2011Award for Excellence in Biological & Life SciencesPrinceton University PressBraintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality
2011Award for Excellence in Reference WorksPrinceton University PressThe Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds
2010Award for Excellence in HumanitiesUniversity of California PressAutobiography of Mark Twain
2010Award for Excellence in Social SciencesOxford University PressFavela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro
2010Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences & MathematicsJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.Life in the World’s Oceans: Diversity, Distribution, and Abundance
2010Award for Excellence in Biological & Life SciencesCell PressArticle of the Future
2010Award for Excellence in Reference WorksYale University PressAtlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Home - PROSE Awards". PROSE Awards. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. ^ "PROSE Awards Entry Period Open for Nominations of Outstanding Scholarly Books, Journals and Electronic Products". The Association of American Publishers. September 13, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "Winners - PROSE Awards". Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  4. ^ "2009 Award Winners".
  5. ^ "2015 Award Winners - PROSE Awards". Retrieved 20 March 2018.

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