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DEADLINE REMINDER:  January 1st, 2024

This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for the George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award is fast approaching! Please send your submissions by January 1st, 2024! Physical books may arrive after this date, as long as we have received your submission form. Thank you to all who have already submitted their publications. We look forward to seeing what all of you have done over the last year! See submission details below:

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The 2023 George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award Committee of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) welcomes submissions of notable art books published in North America during 2023. This prestigious award is presented annually to publications demonstrating excellence in art publishing.

 

Established by ARLIS/NA in 1980, the award honors the memory of George Wittenborn (1905-1974), a premier New York art book dealer and publisher who was a strong supporter of ARLIS/NA in its formative years. Each year, eligible titles are evaluated for excellence in standards of content, documentation, layout, and format. From these titles, one exemplary publication will be chosen to receive the George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award. 

 

Titles eligible for consideration include books, exhibition catalogues, and new periodical titles in any language, published in print or digital format in 2023 and originating from a North American publisher.  Publications submitted by foreign publishers with North American offices must have been authored or edited in North America.  Consult the Guidelines for specific criteria used for selection. (Guidelines available at: https://www.arlisna.org/george-wittenborn-memorial-book-award)

 

The announcement and presentation of the award will take place in April of 2023 during the convocation of the ARLIS/NA annual conference in Pittsburgh. Winning publishers, editors, authors, printers, and designers will be personally notified before the conference. Award winning titles and individuals associated with them can expect to receive wide recognition in newspapers and journals of the library and publishing professions via press release announcements by ARLIS/NA.  

 

To be considered for the Wittenborn Award, publishers must submit a digital or physical copy to the committee for review. American publishers should one copy of each title for review to:

 

Rebekah S. Boulton / Wittenborn

 

Form submissions, as well as digital publication submissions, should be submitted to the following email address: [log in to unmask]

 

**Please enclose a completed Entry Form for Submissions (available from the ARLIS/NA website in English, French and Spanish at: https://www.arlisna.org/george-wittenborn-memorial-book-award) with your shipment as well as emailing it, so the committee knows to expect your book(s).

The deadline for consideration is January 1, 2024. There is no limit to the number of submissions.         

Please note: We are unable to return items submitted for review.

 

ARLIS/NA, founded in 1972, now has over 900 members in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and overseas.  It is the only professional organization in North America devoted exclusively to the concerns of art information specialists.

 

We encourage you to share this announcement to other information professionals or groups who may not be part of ARLIS/NA, but who may be involved in art publishing.

 

For more information, please contact the 2023 Wittenborn Awards Committee at: [log in to unmask]

Thanks so much!

Rebekah S. Boulton (she/her)

Chair, 2023 Wittenborn Awards Committe

Public Service and Instruction Librarian

Hirsch Library | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

713-353-1510 | [log in to unmask]

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