Prize: Esther Clinton Annual Prize Competition, Popular Music Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology (Deadline: 21.05.2025)

Announcement and Call for Submissions:
POPULAR MUSIC SECTION of the SOCIETY FOR ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 2024

Esther Clinton
Annual Prize Competition

The Popular Music Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology is pleased to announce the 2024 Esther Clinton Prize competition. The prize was created to recognize the best article or essay by a mid- or late career scholar in the ethnomusicological study of popular music published within the previous year, in any publication (please note the prize date reflects the year in which the article is published and not the year awarded). The Prize comes with a cash award of up to $200.

Purpose: To recognize the best article or essay by a mid- or late career scholar in the ethnomusicological study of popular music published within the 2024 calendar year (of any length and in any publication). 

Prize: A cash prize in an amount decided annually by the PMSSEM Chair, not exceeding $200.

Regularity: Annually. The prize may be withheld by the decision of the committee.

Eligibility: For the purposes of this award, “mid- or late career scholar” is defined as any scholar with Ph.D. in hand, regardless of employment status, who received their Ph.D. at least eleven years prior to the submission year to the prize committee (i.e., PhD awarded 2013 or earlier). An applicant may send more than one article for consideration per year, and may send items for consideration each year. Award recipients are ineligible to compete for the award in subsequent years.

Administration: The selection committee shall be made up of three to four senior members of PMSSEM, with members chosen for the next year's competition by the section at its annual business meeting or by mail-in vote. The previous year’s winner will be invited to serve on the committee. Application Process: Send a copy of your article(s) in PDF format to pmssemclintonprize[at]gmail[dot]com by 12:00 PM (Eastern Time zone) on May 21, 2025.