MLA Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies
Competition in 2025 for Books Published in 2023 or 2024
Open Only to Members of the Association
The Committee on Honors and Awards of the Modern Language Association is pleased to invite authors to compete for the sixteenth Modern Language Association Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies. Established in 2002, the prize will be awarded to a member of the association for an outstanding scholarly study in any language of United States Latina and Latino or Chicana and Chicano literature or culture published in 2023 or 2024. Books that are primarily translations will not be considered. The prize, which consists of a cash award and a certificate, will be presented to the winning author at the association's annual convention in January 2026.
Authors or publishers who wish to submit a work are asked to fill out a submission form.
- If you are an author submitting a work, please use this form.
- If you are a publisher submitting a work, please use this form.
Publishers may enter more than one title. Provided they meet eligibility requirements, books entered in this competition may also compete for one of the following prizes: the James Russell Lowell Prize, the MLA Prize for a First Book, or the MLA Prize for an Edited Collection. Entries may be sent at any time but must be received by 1 May 2025. The winning author will be contacted in September, and a public announcement will be made in early December. Because of the volume of submissions, we regret that we are unable to contact each entrant individually.
For further information, write the coordinator of book prizes (awards@mla.org).
Note: From 2002 to 2010, the MLA Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies was offered annually. It is now a biennial prize, with competitions in odd-numbered years.
Past winners of this prize