Crisp Prize

Nomination Guidelines

• The nomination is open to scholarly books on political science by an APSA member who has graduated with a PhD within the past 10 years (allowing for career interruptions) and must be resident in Australia in the year of their nomination.
• A call for nominations will be circulated to members of APSA and to the major publishers operating in Australia. Nominations can be made by any current financial member of APSA (including the author of the book).
• To enter, please complete the Crisp Prize Nomination Form (see below) and upload a PDF or four electronic copies (if your copies are download codes or ebooks) of the nominated book via the nomination webpage. Please do not submit anything until the call for nominations is announced.

• The decision will be made by a judging panel chaired by a member of the APSA Executive. The panel will consist of at least three judges (including the chair), all are APSA current financial members. Past winners will be encouraged to participate in the judging process for future awards.
• Members of judging panels should adhere to the Guidance on Identifying and Managing Conflicts of Interest. If the Chair of a judging panel has a significant conflict of interest, they must relinquish their position as Chair to one of the other panellists.
• APSA reserves the right not to award the prize in any given year.

Award Details

• The winner will be invited to attend the Association’s annual conference dinner and receive the prize of $1000 and a certificate.
• This Prize is funded by the Crisp Trust.

Nomination Form

Download Nomination Form here.

Please submit your completed Nomination Form as an upload attachment via the Crisp Prize nomination website.