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The Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History

Jan 31, 2025

four men at award ceremony

Authors and publishers* are invited to submit entries for the 2024 prize between September 24, 2024 and January 31, 2025.

The prize is intended for books in English by U.S. citizens or permanent residents in this country, published in the United States between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024. Books must be single-authored volumes, not collections of articles or edited texts.

A copy of the book should be sent to each member of the prize committee:

Dr. David Hollingerr
440 Boynton Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94707

Dr. Robert B. Pippin
The Committee on social Thought
The University of Chicago
1130 E. 59 St
Chicago, Il 60637

Dr. Susan Steward
Department of English
22 McCosh Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544

* There is a strict 3-book limit per publisher, whether books are submitted by the publisher or directly by an author. If more than 3 books are submitted by a publisher, all of them will be dropped from consideration.