The de la Torre Bueno® First Book AwardAwarded annually to the best first book in dance studies published in the English language in the previous calendar year. The de la Torre Bueno First Book Prize® is awarded annually to the best first book in dance studies published in the English language in the previous calendar year. Named after José Rollin de la Torre Bueno, the first university press editor to develop a list of titles in dance studies, the de la Torre Bueno Prize has recognized scholarly excellence in the field since 1973. It carries a cash prize of $1000. All members of DSA are eligible for this prize. Books translated into the English language are acceptable, so long as they have been published during the Prize year. Books consisting in their entirety of previously published essays, reviews, or articles are not eligible. Edited volumes are not eligible. Authors who have previously published edited volumes as editor are eligible, as long as the nominated book is their first solo monograph. The award is for works published in the previous calendar year (2023). NOTE: Titles that have already won a DSA award are not eligible for another award for the same publication.NOTE: Titles may only be submitted for either the Brockett or the Bueno awards, not both. NOTE: DSA membership is a pre-requisite of eligibility for consideration. Nomination Instructions - submissions open in February 2024 (deadline April 20, 2024)Kareem Khubchandani (chair) requests ebooks sent to: [email protected]
To nominate a publication: send an email with author address, email address, telephone, the title(s) nominated, and specific award in consideration to DSA at [email protected]. Use de la Torre Bueno First Book as subject line. Do not send books directly to DSA office. Send one copy of each nominated title to each committee member. Include print out of letter with each mailing if possible (if not, the email will suffice). Physical books are preferred by this review committee, but e-books are accepted if necessary. To submit an e-book you may include the file or link in your email to [email protected] and it will be distributed to the reviewers. We welcome nominations or submissions from or on behalf of casualized and independent scholars, researchers, and/or artists. In recognition of the precarity of our current economic situation and growing inequalities in income and wealth, any financial award can be donated to the support fund for casualized professionals and/or for students. We realize that awardees may face intense forms of precarity themselves and, as such, we leave this decision to the discretion of individual awardees. Past Recipients
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