MLA Prize for a Distinguished Bibliography
Deadline: 1 May 2010.
Definition: For an outstanding enumerative or descriptive bibliography.
Eligibility: At least one volume must have been published in 2008 or 2009. Editors need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures
Deadline: 1 May 2010.
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly work on the linguistics or literatures of any of the Germanic languages (Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Yiddish).
Eligibility: Books published in 2008 or 2009; authors must be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.
Howard R. Marraro Prize
Deadline: 1 May 2010.
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly work on any phase of Italian literature or comparative literature involving Italian.
Eligibility: Books published in 2009; authors must be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work
Deadline: 1 April 2010.
Definition: For an outstanding translation into English of a book-length literary work.
Eligibility: Translations published in 2009; translators need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Six, plus 12–15 pages of text in original language.
Note: The Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work is given each odd-numbered year, while the Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work is given each even-numbered year. Each competition is open to translations published in the year preceding the year in which the award is given. Definitions and criteria are the same for both awards.
Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies
Deadline: 1 May 2010.
Definition: For an outstanding English translation of a Yiddish literary work.
Eligibility: English translation of a Yiddish literary work published between 2006 and 2009; translators need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.
Note: This prize will be awarded alternately to an outstanding translation or an outstanding scholarly work in the field of Yiddish. For 2012, the prize will be awarded to an outstanding scholarly work in the field of Yiddish published between 2008 and 2011.
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