The American Musicological Society accepts nominations (including self-nomination) for the following Awards that honor musicological scholarship.

Important note regarding deadlines: if the stated deadline day is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, the deadline will be the following business day.

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• Early Music Award
  for outstanding work on music before 1550
  (Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2023)

• H. Robert Cohen / RIPM Award
  for outstanding work based on the musical press
  (Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2023)
    
• Alfred Einstein Award
  for outstanding article in musicology (early stages)
  (Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2023)
      
• Roland Jackson Award
  for outstanding work in music analysis
  (Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2023)
   
• Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award
  for outstanding work in critical race/ethnic studies
  (Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2023)
   
• Otto Kinkeldey Award
  for outstanding work of musicological scholarship (beyond early stages)
  (Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2023)
    
• Lewis Lockwood Award
  for outstanding work of musicological scholarship (early stages)
  (Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2023)
   
• Music in American Culture Award
  for outstanding scholarship in music of the United States
  (Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2023)
   
• H. Colin Slim Award
  for outstanding article in musicology (beyond early stages)
  (Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2023)
   
• Ruth A. Solie Award
  for outstanding collection of essays
  (Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2023)
   
• Robert M. Stevenson Award
  for outstanding scholarship in Iberian and Latin American music
  (Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2023)
   
• AMS Teaching Award
  for an exceptional pedagogical resource
• (Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2023)
   
• Claude V. Palisca Award
  for outstanding Edition or Translation
  (Nominations open early November. Deadline: 31 January 2023)
   
• Noah Greenberg Award
  for outstanding performance projects
  (Nominations open mid-May. Deadline: 15 August 2023)
   
• Paul Pisk Prize
  for outstanding paper at annual meeting by graduate student
  (Nominations open early August. Deadline: 1 December 2023)
   
• Philip Brett Award
  for outstanding work in gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender/transsexual studies
  (Nominations open early February. Deadline: 1 May 2023)