Downloadable Call for Nominations — click here.

The book prize includes a $500 award. It will be presented at the Fall 2026 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in St. Louis, Missouri, during the SEA business meeting. The winning book will also be announced in the American Anthropological Association’s Anthropology News.

We value both individual and collaborative work. For multi-authored books, each author should clearly state their unique contribution to the project, in collecting and analyzing data, and writing and editing the book.

We also invite members of the SEA to join the Book Prize Committee, which will read the books and choose the winner.

2026 Committee:

Erika Kuever (chair), committee TBA.

Instructions for Nominations:

Deadline for nominations is April 19, 2026

Nominations must include

1. Author(s) name(s)
2. Book title
3. Publication information including date and publisher
4. A paragraph summarizing the book’s argument
5. A brief description of how the nominated book fits into economic anthropology
6. Contact information for person submitting the nomination (name, email, and phone number). When submitting a multi-authored paper, please indicate which person will be the point person for communication and the recipient for monetary award disbursement.

Authors must be SEA members at the time of their book’s submission. SEA is a member organization of the American Anthropological Association. Nonmembers whose books are nominated will have the opportunity to join the SEA to be considered for this prize.

Books must be published between May 2023 and April 2026. Books previously considered for the SEA book prize are not eligible for resubmission.

Please email nominations to the book prize committee chair at [erku “at” sam.sdu.dk] with the subject “SEA book prize nomination.”