We are pleased to call for nominations for the Nancy Baym Annual Book Award. This award recognizes the best scholarship of the Association of Internet Researchers and highlights the breadth of work relating to the social and cultural dimensions of networked media.
To be eligible for the award:
- The book must be authored or co-authored as a monograph and must explore a single topic (edited collections are not eligible).
- All of the book’s authors must be current members of AoIR at the time of submission (May 27, 2026). Memberships may be purchased here: https://members.aoir.org/.
- The book must have been published between January 1 and December 31, 2025.
The books will be reviewed by a committee of Jun Liu (University of Copenhagen and Committee Chair), Nancy Baym (Microsoft Research), Giota Alevizou (King’s College London), Marco Bastos (University College Dublin), John McNutt (University of Delaware), and Gina Sipley (State University of New York, Nassau Community College).
Each book should be accompanied by an emailed letter of nomination. Self-nominations are most certainly 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 will not be eligible.
We are happy to accept books in either digital or hard copy. If digital, please send a PDF to bookaward [at] aoir.org. For hard copy mailing addresses, please write to bookaward [at] aoir.org.
The award recipient will be announced in late August or early September 2026 and will receive a cash prize and an invitation to present at AoIR2026 in Mexico City in November 2026.
Please send in all nomination materials by May 27, 2026.
