Ruth A. Solie Award

The Ruth A. Solie Award honors each year a collection of musicological essays of exceptional merit edited by one or more scholars. Both books and collections that form themed journal issues or volumes are eligible.

Established to honor Ruth A. Solie, the editor of Musicology and Difference: Gender and Sexuality in Music Scholarship (University of California Press, 1995), a field-defining and field-changing book, the award acknowledges the value of the individual authors’ contributions to the collection while recognizing the central role of the editor(s) in conceiving and shaping the whole.

To be eligible for the Ruth A. Solie Award, nominations must meet the following criteria. Eligible works:

• Must be edited by at least one scholar who is a member of the AMS or a citizen/permanent resident of the United States or Canada
• Must have been published during the preceding calendar year (referring to the copyright year as found in the front matter of the published work)
• Must be published in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish

Nominations must be received via the AMS award nomination form by 11:59 p.m. ET on the submission deadline. Self-nominations are welcome, as well as nominations from colleagues and publishers. Nominators are asked to provide a digital review copy of the work, if available.

A committee of three scholars will choose a single award recipient from all eligible candidates. Award winners will receive a monetary prize, a certificate, and recognition at the annual meeting of the Society. An individual may receive the Solie Award only once. A book/collection may receive only one AMS award.