2025 IASPM BOOK PRIZE – Call for Nominations

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Dear IASPM members,

A public award will be given by IASPM for outstanding first books by a single author on popular music, in the categories of English and any other language, at the 2025 IASPM Conference in Paris, from July 7-11, 2025.

Nominations are invited from IASPM members for books they consider to be possible contenders for the award. Authors nominated should preferably already be members of IASPM or must become members of IASPM after being nominated to be eligible. Send your nominations to both of the Chairs of the Book Prize Jury, Daniel Fredriksson (dfr@du.se) and Beatriz Goubert (bgoubert@gc.cuny.edu), by March 31st at the latest.

When nominating a book, please provide the following details:

  • Author, nationality
  • Bibliographical information, including language and page count of the nominated book
  • Confirmation of IASPM membership, including branch

Authors may either self-nominate or other members may nominate authors and books they regard as worthy of consideration for the award. Please note the eligibility criteria:

  • A single author
  • A member of IASPM
  • The author’s first book (in any language)
  • The nominated book must have been published between November 1, 2022 – October 31, 2024
  • An electronic copy of the nominated books (PDF) must be sent to the Chairs of the Book Prize Jury
  • A physical copy of the awarded books must be sent to the 2025 Conference Organizing Committee for the award ceremony
  • Authors of nominated books must provide the Chairs with a one-minute video presentation of the book to be shared with the IASPM membership
  • The books accepted for evaluation will be announced via the membership email list by the Chairs no later than April 7, 2025

To be evaluated by the 2025 IASPM Book Prize Jury, an electronic copy of each book (PDF format) must be sent by the publisher or the author to the Chairs of the Book Prize no later than March 31st, 2025. A physical copy of the awarded books must be sent to the 2025 Organizing Committee in due time before the conference.

Deadlines:

  • February 20, 2025 – Book Prize Call
  • March 31, 2025 – Deadline for Nominations
  • April 7, 2025 – PDFs sent to the Chairs
  • May 31, 2025 – First round evaluation
  • July 7-11, 2025 – Award announcement at Paris conference

Please circulate this call within our branches, and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the 2025 IASPM Book Prize.

With best wishes,

Daniel Fredriksson & Beatriz Goubert

Chairs of the 2025 IASPM Book Prize