Textbook Awards | Most Promising New Textbook AwardThe Most Promising New Textbook Award recognizes excellence in 1st edition textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas:
Each entry is judged on its own merit in these four areas regardless of other nominations in the same field or category. Self-published books and e-books are welcome. View the 2022 Textbook Award Winners Program Rules
Book FormatsTextbooks and learning materials eligible for entry include single works and series. Entry ProcessDeadline: November 1, 2023 Nomination fee: $375 for single books or a two-book series. $700 for a series with three or more books. (nonrefundable) Nominees must provide access to FIVE (5) digital copies of the title for review by the judges and awards committee. Details on how to access the review copies should be submitted with the nomination form. If nominating a series, the publisher or author submits a sample of the series. If the work spans two or more grade levels, the sample should include one at a lower level and one at a higher level. Nominations may include a promotional brochure or package for the entire series to help judges understand the scope of the program and components. Nominations are limited to ancillaries that coincide with the grade levels that are submitted. The award is for the entire series.
Evaluation ProcessNominated works are judged in eight discipline categories:
Judges are textbook authors and/or subject matter experts in appropriate disciplines. Judges who have directly competing works are asked to abstain from judging those works. College/university and K-12 books are judged separately. If there are college/university and K-12 entries in all eight categories, there is the potential for 16 Textys to be awarded each year, eight in the university/college division and eight in the K-12 division. Works are judged for their merits in four areas:
Judges remain anonymous. When Awards Are PresentedAwards will be presented in the spring of 2024. For books with multiple authors, each author will receive a physical award. For books with multiple contributors, only the editor and/or primary author will receive a physical award. Spreading The Word About Your AwardTAA issues press releases on the awards to journals and publications and to other media outlets designated by each winner. An article about the awards is also published on TAA's blog, Abstract. Questions? Email Kiley.Thornton@taaonline.net |