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Awards
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A Description of the Awards & Prizes of the International Arthurian Society, North American Branch: Award Descriptions |
Award Recipients
The 2024 Dhira B. Mahoney Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book in Arthurian Studies
Recipient: Mary Bateman
Presenter: Molly Martin
June 2024
The 2023 James Randall Leader Essay Prize in the category 'Fair Well-Known"
Recipient: PJC Field and Michael Twomey
Presenter: Joseph M. Sullivan
June 2024
The 2023 Norris J. Lacy Prize for Outstanding Editorial Achievement in Arthurian Studies
Recipient: Dorsey Armstrong
Presented by: Joseph M. Sullivan
June 2024
The 2023 Fair Unknown Award for best paper on an Arthurian topic presented by a graduate student at the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo
Recipient: Dana Omirova
Presenter: Molly Martin
June 2024
The 2023 Grail Award for Lifetime Achievement Award for Exceptional Service to the International Arthurian Society
Recipient: Joan Tasker Grimbert
Presenter: Joseph M. Sullivan
June 2023
The 2023 Dhira B. Mahoney Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book in Arthurian Studies
Recipient: Joseph M. Sullivan
Presenter: Kathy Krause
June 2023
The 2022 James Randall Leader Essay Prize
Recipient: Kathryn M.M. Walton and Fiona Tolhurst
Presenter: Frank Brandsma
June 2023
The 2022 Fair Unknown Award for best paper on an Arthurian topic presented by a graduate student at the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo
Recipient: P. J. Zaborowski
Presenter: Molly Martin
June 2023
The revised paper was published in Arthuriana 33.1.
The 2022 James Randall Leader Essay Prize in the ‘Fair Well-Known’ Category
Recipient: Joan Tasker Grimbert and Andrew Lynch
Presenter: Kevin S. Whetter
June 2023
The 2022 Inaugural Dhira B. Mahoney Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book in Arthurian Studies
Recipient: Ann Howey
Presented by: Nicole Clifton
June 2022
The 2021 James Randall Leader Essay Prize
Recipient: Louis J. Boyle
Presented by: K.S. Whetter
June 2022
The 2021 James Randall Leader Essay Prize in the new 'Fair Well-Known' Category
Recipient: Jean Blacker
Presented by: K.S. Whetter
June 2022
The 2021 Fair Unknown Award for best paper on an Arthurian topic presented by a graduate student at the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo
Recipient: Robyn Thum-O'Brien
Presented by: Molly Martin
June 2022
The revised paper was published in Arthuriana 32.1.
2020-2021 Award Celebration on Zoom, May 23, 2021
Click on the above image to watch the video recording of the 2020-2021 IAS-NAB Award Celebration. Apologies for having had to reduce the file size which always comes with a bit of loss of quality.
The 2021 Grail Lifetime Achievement Award for Exceptional Service to the International Arthurian Society
Recipient: Bonnie Wheeler
Presented by: David F. Johnson
May 2021
The 2021 Norris J. Lacy Prize for Outstanding Editorial Achievement in Arthurian Studies
Recipient: Bonnie Wheeler
Presented by: David F. Johnson
May 2021
The 2020 Norris J. Lacy Prize for Outstanding Editorial Achievement in Arthurian Studies
Recipient: Kevin J. Harty
Presented by: David F. Johnson
May 2021
TextThe 2020 James Randall Leader Essay Prize
Recipient: Usha Vishnuvajjala
Presented by: K.S. Whetter
May 2021
TextThe 2020 James Randall Leader Essay Prize in the new 'Fair Well-Known' Category
Recipient: D. Thomas Hanks, Jr.
Presented by: K.S. Whetter
May 2021
TextThe 2020 Fair Unknown Award for best paper on an Arthurian topic presented by a graduate student at the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo
Recipient: Jenny Fast
Presented by: Usha Vishnuvajjala
May 2021
The revised paper was published as "They ‘Laȝed . . . Þoȝ Þey Lost’: Laughter in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" in Arthuriana 31.1.
The 2019 Norris J. Lacy Prize for Outstanding Editorial Achievement in Arthurian Studies
Recipient: Nigel Bryant
Presented by: David F. Johnson
May 2019
The 2019 James Randall Leader Essay Prize
Recipient: Frank Brandsma
Presented by: K.S. Whetter
May 2021
The 2019 James Randall Leader Essay Prize in the new 'Fair Well-Known' Category
Recipient: Donald L. Hoffman
Presented by: K.S. Whetter
May 2021
The 2019 Fair Unknown Award for best paper on an Arthurian topic presented by a graduate student at the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo
Recipient: Christopher Jensen
Presented by: Usha Vishnuvajjala
May 2021
The 2018 James Randall Leader Essay Prize
Recipient: Fiona Tolhurst & K.S. Whetter
Presented by: David F. Johnson
May 2019
The 2018 Fair Unknown Award for best paper on an Arthurian topic presented by a graduate student at the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo
Recipient: Ellie Crookes
Presented by: Usha Vishnuvajjala
May 2019
The 2017 James Randall Leader Essay Prize
Recipient: Kristina Hildebrand
Presented by: David F. Johnson
May 2019
The 2017 Fair Unknown Award for best paper on an Arthurian topic presented by a graduate student at the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo
Recipient: Aubry Morris
Presented by: Usha Vishnuvajjala
May 2018
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The 2017 Norris J. Lacy Prize for Outstanding Editorial Achievement in Arthurian Studies
Recipient: E. Donald Kennedy
Presented by: Kevin Whetter
July 2017
The 2016 James Randall Leader Essay Prize
Recipient: Richard H. Godden
Presented by: Kevin Whetter
May 2017
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The 2016 Fair Unknown Award for best paper on an Arthurian topic presented by a graduate student at the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo
Recipient: Christopher Lee Pipkin
Presented by: Usha Vishnuvajjala
May 2017
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The 2016 Norris J. Lacy Prize for Outstanding Editorial Achievement in Arthurian Studies
Recipient: William Kibler
Presented by: Norris J. Lacy
May 2016
The 2015 Fair Unknown Award for best paper on an Arthurian topic presented by a graduate student at the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo
Recipient: Jennifer Bartlett
Presented by Usha Vishnuvajjala
May 2016
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The 2015 James Randall Leader Essay Prize
Recipient: Kathleen Coyne Kelly
Presented by: Molly Martin
May 2016
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The 2014 James Randall Leader Essay Prize
Recipient: Eve Salisbury
Presented by: Molly Martin
May 2015
The 2014 Fair Unknown Award for best paper on an Arthurian topic presented by a graduate student at the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo
Recipient: David Eugene Clark
Presented by: Usha Vishnuvajjala, Brandy Brown and Dorsey Armstrong
May 2015
The 2014 Grail Lifetime Achievement Award for Exceptional Service to the International Arthurian Society
Recipient: Norris J. Lacy
Presented by: Joan Gimbert
May 2014
The 2014 Norris J. Lacy Prize for Outstanding Editorial Achievement in Arthurian Studies
Recipient: David F. Johnson
Presented by: Norris J. Lacy in the absence of Kevin Whetter
May 2014
The 2013 Fair Unknown Award for best paper on an Arthurian topic presented by a graduate student at the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo
Inaugural Award Recipient: Usha Vishnuvajjala
Presented by: Brandy Brown and Dorsey Armstrong
May 2014
The 2013 James Randall Leader Essay Prize
Recipient: Robert Rouse
Presented by: Marco Nievergelt
May 2014