(The next Best Book award will be presented in 2011.  The announcement of deadlines will be placed on the UAA website by September 1, 2010.)

Eligibility

• To be eligible for the award, the book must address a significant issue in urban affairs or contribute to our understanding of urban issues and processes, and it must approach its topic in a scholarly fashion.
• North American urban areas should be the substantive focus, although comparative and cross-national works that include urban areas of the U.S. or Canada are also eligible.
• The book can be a theoretical argument, or it can be based on empirical research.
• Its argumentative style should be systematic, non-polemical, and situated within a relevant literature.
• Textbooks, dissertations, consultant and research reports, edited volumes, and journal articles are not eligible.
• The author does not have to be a member of UAA.
• Previously nominated books can be re-nominated if they fulfill all other eligibility guidelines.

Award

The award is presented at the conference of the Association in the spring. In addition to a plaque and $500 honorarium, the author(s) will receive complimentary conference registration and up to $500 in lodging or travel support.

Nomination

Books can be nominated by their author(s), publisher, members of the Best book Award Committee, or members of UAA. A previously nominated book can be
re-nominated. Specific directions and deadlines for submitting a nomination will be posted on the UAA website no later than Sept.1 during years when the award is given.

The Best Book Award Committee will make its decision and convey it to the Executive Director and Board Chair, after which the recipient and his or her publisher/nominator will be notified.