New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy and Profession, newsletter

Nominations for 2026 now open

The New Chaucer Society announces five additions to its biennial publication prizes: 

• Best monograph on Chaucer (with up to 2 honorable mentions) 
• Best monograph on a topic dealing with late-medieval literature AND author’s first monograph on any topic (with up to 2 honorable mentions) 
• Best monograph on a topic dealing with late-medieval literature AND not author’s first monograph on any topic (with up to 2 honorable mentions) 
• Best edited collection on a topic dealing with late-medieval literature (with up to 2 honorable mentions) 
• Best special journal issue or cluster within a periodical dealing with late-medieval literature (with up to 2 honorable mentions) 

The nominations call for the 2026 prizes is now open. The submission deadline is 15 February 2026. Current and past NCS presidents and trustees will serve as judges. 

The shortlist of winners for each category will be announced in July 2026. Prizes will be awarded during the Members’ Parliament held at the New Chaucer Society’s Biennial Congress, 30 July 2026. 

All eligible submissions—original monographs, edited collections, special journal issues or clusters—should have been published in English in 2024 and 2025. In all cases, submissions should reflect the society’s mission: to provide a forum for teachers and scholars of “Geoffrey Chaucer and his age,” a period roughly defined as 1300-1500. 

To submit a publication for consideration, please follow these guidelines. 

• Nominations may be submitted by authors or publishers. 
• Publications can be nominated for only one prize. 
• All authors (or editors, in the case of collections) need to be current, dues-paying members of the New Chaucer Society at the time of submission. 
• The publication’s emphasis should be on Chaucer or on late-medieval literature (roughly between 1300 and 1500).  
• Nominations need to
  • identify which prize category they are being nominated for. 
  • include a brief statement (around 150-300 words) explaining why this is the appropriate category for the publication: identifying how the dominant topic fits within the “Chaucer” or “late-medieval literature” rubric; confirming whether the monograph is the author’s first or subsequent monograph (on any topic); and, verifying its classification as a monograph, edited collection, or special journal issue/cluster. 
  • submit an electronic copy of the publication (preferably as a single pdf). 
• All submissions must complete the NCS Publication Prize Nomination form and use the link at the bottom to submit an electronic copy of the publication (as a single pdf). (If pdfs are unavailable, the publishers, authors, or editors will be responsible for providing 3 hard copies for the judges. Contact Candace Barrington, BarringtonC@ccsu.edu, for mailing instructions.) 

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