$1,000 Scholarly Publishing Award
$1,000 Creative Publishing Award
Overview
The CCS Publishing Award, sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs, will be awarded to two faculty or staff members who, in the two calendar years prior to the nomination deadline, published exemplary scholarly or creative work as determined by the selection committee. Published works, including monographs, creative works (e.g., novels or anthologies of poetry), exhibition catalogs, textbooks, edited editions, or journal articles, may be nominated. Two awards will be granted annually, one for scholarly publishing and the other for creative publishing. The cash award is taxable income.
Submitted works will be reviewed by a faculty and staff committee appointed by the Dean of Academic Affairs.
Committee Membership
The selection committee consists of eight voting members and an ex-officio. Current faculty members of the Library Committee, along with one elected staff member, serve a three-year term. The committee is responsible for coordinating the award process and selecting the winning submission in each category.
Committee Members
Steve Stanchfield (Entertainment Arts, 3rd year)
Suven Young-Harper, (Transportation Design, 3rd year)
Kim Harty (Crafts and Material Studies, 2nd year)
Dan Stewart (Foundations, 2nd year)
Karen McGarry (Art Education, 1st year)
David Smith (Transportation Design, 1st year)
Claire Thibodeau (SAC, 1st year)
Amy Lazet, Digital Scholarship Librarian (staff representative)
Appointed Staff Member
Becca Pad, Ex-Officio
Submission Deadline
December 1, 2024
Eligibility
Current CCS faculty (full-time and adjunct) and staff with continuous appointments during the academic year of nomination and award are eligible. Publications from the last two calendar years, including those published prior to the author’s employment at CCS, are eligible. Previous recipients of the award are eligible again after three years. If faculty and staff serving on the CCS Publishing Award Committee choose to apply, they are ineligible to vote in the category of their submission. They will still be eligible to vote in the alternative category. CCS students are not eligible for this award.
Award Categories
Academic Publishing
Eligible submissions for the academic publishing category include books, journal articles, and essays. While the category is not restricted to peer-reviewed or refereed materials, submissions should demonstrate a high level of research intensity. If the work has undergone peer-reviewed or refereed, please indicate this on the application form.
Creative Publishing
Creative works for the creative publishing category include books (such as novels, monographs, anthologies of poetry, or authored children’s illustrated books) and journal or newspaper articles.
Criteria
- Impact (for example – a unique contribution to or beyond the field of study including
economic, social, cultural, environmental, or societal benefits) - Connection to the intended audience
- Clarity (for example – clear and cohesive writing)
- Quality (for example – work that demonstrates excellence through research
methodology or creativity inquiry)
Nomination Process
Nominations and self-nominations for the CCS Publishing Award should be submitted through the nomination form by December 1, 2024. One nomination per author, per category; self-published works are not eligible.
The following materials will need to be completed:
● Application form
● Current CV
● Copy of the submitted work
● A personal statement addressing how the candidate’s work reflects the award criteria
● One letter of support from a scholar or notable individual who can speak to the publication’s value
● Author’s headshot photograph (optional)
Award Announcement and Ceremony
The winners of the CCS Publishing Award in the categories of scholarly and creative publishing will be announced at the end of the winter semester and receive recognition during the CCS graduation ceremony.
Past Winners
| Academic Year | Category | Name | Position | Achievement / Publication | Publisher / Journal and Year | |
| 2023-2024 | Academic | Dr. Predrag Nikolic | Professor MA/MFA User Experience Design | AI Fantasy and (Anti) Co-Creative Machines: On Singularity Dadaism, Syntropic Counterpoints and Design | diid (disegno industriale) 80, no. 12, 2023 | |
| 2023-2024 | Creative | Melanie Demmer | Adjunct Instructor, Illustration | Cookie Kindness | Random House Children’s Books, 2022 | |
| 2022-2023 | Academic | Dr. Amy Ruopp | Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Art Education | Encounters with Theory as Conceputal Medium and Creative Practice | Routledge, 2022 | |
| 2022-2023 | Creative | Matt Faulkner | Adjunct Instructor, Entertainment Arts | My Nest of Silence | Atheneum Book for Young Readers, 2022 |