2009 FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER AWARD

The Frederick Jackson Turner Award, first given in 1959 as the Prize Studies Award of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, has been given each year by the Organization of American Historians for an author's first book on some significant phase of American history and also to the press that submits and publishes it.

The rules and terms of the competition are as follows:

1. the work must be the first book-length study of history published by the author;
2. if the author has a Ph.D., he/she must have received it no earlier than seven years prior to submission of the manuscript for publication;
3. the work must be published in the calendar year before the award is given;
4. the work must deal with some significant phase of American history.  Each entry must be published during the period January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.  

One copy of each entry must be received by each committee member by October 1, 2008.  Final page proofs may be used for books to be published after October 1, 2008 and before January 1, 2009.  If a final page proof is submitted, a bound copy of the entry must be received no later than January 7, 2009.  No late submissions will be accepted. If a book carries a copyright date that is different from the publication date, but the actual publication date falls during the correct time frame making it eligible, please include a letter of explanation with each copy of the book sent to committee members.

The winning author receives $1,000.  The winning press receives a certificate and a complimentary ad for the book in The Journal of American History.  The award will be presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the OAH in Seattle, Washington, March 29-29.  One copy of each entry, clearly labeled "2009 Frederick Jackson Turner Award Entry," must be mailed directly to:

Nell Irvin Painter (Committee Chair)
July - September 1, 2008
47 Simonds Hill Road
P.O. Box 26
New Russia, NY 12964
After September 1, 2008
577 Ridge Street
Newark, NJ 07104

David Montejano
Comparative Ethnic Studies
506 Barrows Hall, #2570
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720

Stephanie J. Shaw
Department of History
Ohio State University
230 West 17th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210

List of Past Winners

Last modified:02:27 PM, 02/27/08