Textbook Awards | Textbook Excellence AwardTAA's Textbook Excellence Award ("Texty") recognizes excellence in current 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 ProcessNominations for 2024 Textbook Awards open September 1, 2023. Deadline for nominations is 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. Please have these items ready before completing the online nomination form:
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. Works are judged for their merits in four areas:
Judges remain anonymous. When Awards Are PresentedAwards are presented at an Awards Ceremony held at TAA's annual conference. Those not present are mailed their physical award after the conference. For books with multiple authors, each author receives a physical award. For books with multiple contributors, only the editor and/or primary author 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 Kim [email protected] |