Qualitative Book Award: Call for Nominations

The International Center for Qualitative Inquiry is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2011 qualitative book award. This award will be conferred annually to a member of the qualitative and ethnographic community who has published the English-language book that best represents an important contribution to qualitative inquiry.
Eligible books will use and advance qualitative methods to investigate any topic or aspect of qualitative inquiry. Applications for the award will be judged by criteria that signify a major contribution to the study and practice of qualitative approaches. Such criteria may include: success in experimenting with new and traditional writing forms; inclusion of critical reflections on the writing and research process; contributions to living meaningful lives; and insights into creating a socially just world. The award will be presented at the annual meeting of the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry in May 2011.
To be eligible for the 2011 award, the book should have a publication date between 2009 and 2011. Nominators are expected to arrange for copies of the book to be mailed, on request, to the three-judge panel.
Send nominating letters describing the contributions of the book to qualitative inquiry by post or e-mail no later than 15 November, 2010. Send to:

Judith Preissle
2001 Distinguished Aderhold Professor
Qualitative Research Program
River's Crossing 303
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-4811
jude@uga.edu
1-706-542-6489 (VOICE)
1-706-542-5873 (FAX)