[Air-L] Submission Criteria for 2017 Nancy Baym Book Award and AoIR Annual Dissertation Award

[Michelle, AoIR Association Coordinator]

The Association of Internet Researchers has made a few changes to the
submission criteria for our annual awards. Specific details on how to
submit is forthcoming.

*Nancy Baym Book Award *

The Nancy Baym Annual Book Award
<https://aoir.org/awards/nancy-baym-annual-book-award/>seeks to recognize
the best work in the field of Internet Studies. In doing so, the award
helps to highlight the breadth of work that is done relating to the social
and cultural dimensions of networked media. The award includes a cash prize
and an invitation to present the work at the annual IR conference.

To be eligible for the award:

   1. The book must be authored or co-authored as a monograph and must
   explore a single topic (edited collections are not eligible).
   2. All of the book’s authors must be current members of AoIR at the time
   of submission (April 15, 2017). Memberships may be purchased here.
   <https://aoir.org/membership/>
   3. The book must have been published between January 1 and December 31,
   2016.

Each book should be accompanied by an emailed letter of nomination.
Self-nominations from AoIR members are welcome. The letter of nomination,
which must be written by a current member of AoIR, should outline:

   - How the book contributes to AoIR’s intellectual community.
   - The book’s unique contributions and overall strengths.
   - If not a self-nomination, the letter should also include a statement
   that the nominated author has been contacted prior to its submission and
   accepts the nomination.

Books submitted without a meaningful nomination letter outlining both the
strengths of the book and the book’s contribution to the AoIR community to
AoIR will not be eligible.

*Dissertation Award *

The Association of Internet Researchers Dissertation Award
<https://aoir.org/awards/dissertation-award/> was established in 2012 to
recognize the work of emerging scholars in the field of Internet research.

Submissions Details:

   - A nomination letter that explains why the dissertation is deserving of
   the award
   - How it contributes to internet research
   - A PDF copy of the dissertation should be emailed
   - Filed in 2016 (meaning fully defended, all edits complete,
   filed/published with a 2016 copyright)

The recipient of this award will be announced in the summer. In addition to
winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to present their
research in a session at AoIR 2017 in Tartu, Estonia, 18-21 October 2017.

Regards,
Michelle
AoIR Association Coordinator
Please be aware of the upcoming #AoIR2017 submission deadlines:
1 MARCH 2017 Submissions due for PAPERS, PANELS, ROUNDTABLES and FISHBOWLS,
EXPERIMENTAL SESSIONS, and PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
1 APRIL 2017 Nominations for Nancy Baym Book award and Best Dissertation
Award due
20 MAY 2017 Applications due for conference travel SCHOLARSHIPS and for
DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM
1 AUGUST 2017 Early Bird Registration Deadline for all presenters
30 SEPTEMBER 2017 Deadline for uploading accepted, non-blind, final version
of paper and panel submissions
Submission information is available here:
https://aoir.org/aoir2017/subinfo2017/