2025 Sara A. Whaley Book Prize

Thanks to a generous bequest from Sara A. Whaley, NWSA offers an annual $2,000 Sara A. Whaley book award on the topic of women and labor. This prize honors Sara Whaley, who owned Rush Publishing and was the editor of Women's Studies Abstracts. Each year NWSA awards a book prize ($2,000) for a monograph that addresses women and labor from intersectional perspectives grounded in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality studies.

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* 6. Upload Curriculum Vitae (CV)

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* 7. Please describe where you heard about this Book Prize?

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* 8. Book Title

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* 9. Co-Author Full Name

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* 12. Book 10 or 13 Digit ISBN

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* 13. Publisher and Publication Date

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* 14. Please share, briefly, how this work's focus relates to luminary Sara A. Whaley, who consistently uplifted feminist scholarship through her ownership of Rush Publishing and as the editor of Women's Studies Abstracts.

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* 15. Upload E-Book

Please upload a copy of your E-Book. If you do not have access to your E-Book please arrange for five electronic copies of your book to be sent to nationaloffice@nwsa.org. Please include directions for accessing these copies if necessary.

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* 16. Upload Your Book Cover

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* 17. Upload Author Bio

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2025 Sara A. Whaley Book Prize

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* 1. Name (first and last)

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* 2. Please share your pronouns (eg: e(y)/em, he/him, per/per, she/her, they/them, ze/hir, etc.)

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* 3. Please share your institutional/organizational affiliation:

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* 4. Preferred Email Address

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* 5. Please provide proof of your active NWSA Membership.

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* 6. Upload Curriculum Vitae (CV)

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* 7. Please describe where you heard about this Book Prize?

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* 8. Book Title

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* 9. Co-Author Full Name

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* 10. Co-Author Email

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* 11. Co-Author Affiliation

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* 12. Book 10 or 13 Digit ISBN

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* 13. Publisher and Publication Date

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* 14. Please share, briefly, how this work's focus relates to luminary Sara A. Whaley, who consistently uplifted feminist scholarship through her ownership of Rush Publishing and as the editor of Women's Studies Abstracts.

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* 15. Upload E-Book

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* 16. Upload Your Book Cover

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* 17. Upload Author Bio

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* 18. Upload Author Photo

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* 19. If you have an accessible URL to your E-Book please upload that here.