The closing date for proposals is April 26, 2001. The Text Prize honors the translator, compiler, or editor of the best critical edition or translation into English of primary source material on Africa. Texts published in 1999 and 2000 are eligible. The prize will be presented at the ASA Awards Ceremony during the Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas, November 15-18, 2001. Texts dealing with the history, literature, and other aspects of the cultures of Africa, whether in African or European languages and whether from oral or written traditions, are eligible.
Texts being published for the first time or as a new edition are eligible.
The evaluation is based on the importance of the text, the presentation of the text and the critical apparatus, and the utilities of the work as a whole for scholars and teachers of Africa. Works edited by a single individual or jointly edited by more than one person are eligible. Anthologies with separate contributions by different authors are not eligible. Children's books and straightforward texts are ineligible. The minimum length is 10,000 words, excluding apparatus.