The Society sponsors four awards, which are announced at its annual dinner in May:Society of American Historians: Prizes. Retrieved on 29 December 2013Society of American Historians Press Release. Retrieved on 29 December 2013 The Francis Parkman Prize, given annually for the best nonfiction book in American history, is named for the nineteenth-century historian whose multi-volume work, France and England in North America (Boston, 1865–92), is widely praised for its elegant style as well as its historical depth.Noah Sheola, "Athenaeum Authors: Francis Parkman," Boston Athenaeum. Retrieved on 13 January 2014"The Parkman Family and the Murder: One Historian's Method," PBS's American Experience. Retrieved on 13 January 2014David Levin, History as a Romantic Art: Bancroft, Prescott, Motley, and Parkman (Stanford University Press, 1959) The Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction, formerly the James Fenimore Cooper Prize, given in odd-numbered years for the best historical novel on an American theme. The Allan Nevins Prize recognizing new scholarship is given annually to the best-written doctoral dissertation on an American subject. The winning dissertation is published by one of the Society's seventeen publisher members, which include both academic and trade presses. The prize is named for the Society's chief founder.Society of American Historians: Allan Nevins Prize . Retrieved on 29 December 2013 The  Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Award was given jointly with the Roosevelt Institute from 2008 to 2017 for distinguished writing in American history of enduring public significance.Society of American Historians: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Award . Retrieved on 29 December 2013"Roosevelt Awards & Research Grants," Roosevelt Institute . Retrieved on 13 January 2014. Schlesinger was a preeminent historian of the twentieth century as well as a public intellectual noted for giving history a voice in public affairs.John Hope Franklin, "The Lessons of History," The Nation, 4 December 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2014
The Society sponsors four awards, which are announced at its annual dinner in May:Society of American Historians: Prizes. Retrieved on 29 December 2013Society of American Historians Press Release. Retrieved on 29 December 2013 The Francis Parkman Prize, given annually for the best nonfiction book in American history, is named for the nineteenth-century historian whose multi-volume work, France and England in North America (Boston, 1865–92), is widely praised for its elegant style as well as its historical depth.Noah Sheola, "Athenaeum Authors: Francis Parkman," Boston Athenaeum. Retrieved on 13 January 2014"The Parkman Family and the Murder: One Historian's Method," PBS's American Experience. Retrieved on 13 January 2014David Levin, History as a Romantic Art: Bancroft, Prescott, Motley, and Parkman (Stanford University Press, 1959) The Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction, formerly the James Fenimore Cooper Prize, given in odd-numbered years for the best historical novel on an American theme. The Allan Nevins Prize recognizing new scholarship is given annually to the best-written doctoral dissertation on an American subject. The winning dissertation is published by one of the Society's seventeen publisher members, which include both academic and trade presses. The prize is named for the Society's chief founder.Society of American Historians: Allan Nevins Prize . Retrieved on 29 December 2013 The Tony Horwitz Prize honoring distinguished work in American history of wide appeal and enduring public significance was awarded for the first time in 2020. The prize commemorates the Society's former president (2016-2017), who died in May 2019. Tony Horwitz was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a former staff writer for the New Yorker, and a distinguished historian whose distinctive voice was marked by surpassing humanity and grace. The prize is supported by The Cedars Foundation.. Retrieved on 9 June 2020. From 2008 to 2017 the Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Award was given jointly with the Roosevelt Institute for distinguished writing in American history of enduring public significance.Society of American Historians: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Award . Retrieved on 29 December 2013"Roosevelt Awards & Research Grants," Roosevelt Institute . Retrieved on 13 January 2014. Schlesinger was a preeminent historian of the twentieth century as well as a public intellectual noted for giving history a voice in public affairs.John Hope Franklin, "The Lessons of History," The Nation, 4 December 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2014
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Tony Horwitz Prize honoring distinguished work in American history of wide appeal and enduring public significance was awarded for the first time in 2020. The prize commemorates the Society's former president (2016-2017), who died in May 2019. Tony Horwitz was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a former staff writer for the New Yorker, and a distinguished historian whose distinctive voice was marked by surpassing humanity and grace. The prize is supported by The Cedars Foundation.. Retrieved on 9 June 2020. From 2008 to 2017 the
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from 2008 to 2017