About this Prize
Tá an Ghaeilge fite fuaite le scéal na nGael-Mheiriceánach sna Stáit Aontaithe. Ó thús, bhí cainteoirí agus scríbhneoirí Gaeilge ag trasnú an Atlantaigh, thall is abhus, agus gréasán na teanga Gaeilge ag nascadh agus ag cothú comhluadair ar an dá thaobh.
Tá duais faoi leith ag ACIS do leabhair taighde atá scríofa i nGaeilge. Bronntar an duais seo ar údar leabhair taighde in ábhar ar bith, ach é a bheith ina monagraf taighde (seachas eagrán nó bailiúchan) atá foilsithe i 2025.
The Irish language has been a feature of the Irish-American experience. From the beginning, speakers and writers of Irish have crossed over and back to the United States creating and nourishing a language community on both sides of the Atlantic.
ACIS has a specific prize for scholarly books written in Irish. This prize is awarded to the author of a research monograph which may be on any subject. Books eligible for the prize must be single-author or co-authored monographs (no more than two authors), should not be edited texts, and should be published in 2025.
Prize Committee
Chair: Síle Ní Choincheannain
Eligibility and Submission Instructions
Books submitted for this prize must have a publication date matching the year of the award (2026). Single-author and co-authored books (by no more than two authors) will be considered. Edited collections, fiction, poetry, and anthologies of literature are not eligible. Submissions must be in Irish.
No book may compete for more than one of the four disciplinary prizes (Donnelly, Durkan, McCaffrey, Rhodes), but an author’s first scholarly monograph may be submitted to the Donald Murphy prize committee in addition to one of the four disciplinary committees. An Irish-language book may be submitted for a maximum of two of the following awards: the Duais Leabhar Taighde na Bliana (Irish Language Prize), a disciplinary prize, and the Donald Murphy prize if applicable. Committee chairs may choose to reassign entered works to a more appropriate prize if necessary.
The prize includes a cash award of $500 USD. The award money will be split in the case of co-authored texts.
Books may be submitted for consideration by anyone (author, publisher, or other party). All nominations must be submitted through the online form below.
Authors of nominated books are responsible for sending copies of the book to the committee members, whether directly or through their publisher. The addresses of the committee members will be provided to authors when their book is nominated. Hard copies are strongly preferred, but e-copies (such as PDFs) will be accepted if necessary to meet the deadline (especially if your book is scheduled for publication in November or December). Authors are particularly reminded that, whether they mail books themselves or ask their publishers to do so, responsibility rests with the author to ensure that the postmark deadline of January 1, 2027, is observed. Late submissions will NOT be accepted.
For more information, contact the chair of the ACIS awards committee, ACIS vice president Sarah Townsend ([email protected]).