Winners of MLA Prizes
The MLA’s prizes are awarded under the auspices of the Committee on Honors and Awards, which appoints the members of the selection committees and determines procedures, deadlines, and criteria for eligibility for all the prizes. Deadlines for upcoming prizes appear on the competitions page. To submit books or to obtain detailed information about any of the prizes, call or write the office of programs at the MLA headquarters (646 576-5141; awards@mla.org).
Current and Past Winners by Prize
William Riley Parker Prize
James Russell Lowell Prize
MLA Prize for a First Book
Howard R. Marraro Prize
Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize
Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize
MLA Prize for Independent Scholars
Morton N. Cohen Award for a Distinguished Edition of Letters
Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature
MLA Prize for a Scholarly Edition
MLA Prize for Bibliographical or Archival Scholarship
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies
Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies
William Sanders Scarborough Prize
Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies
MLA Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies
MLA Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
Matei Calinescu Prize
MLA Prize for an Edited Collection
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for African Studies
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for East Asian Studies
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Middle Eastern Studies
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies
MLA Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement
Phyllis Franklin Award for Public Advocacy of the Humanities