Funder: American Council of Learned Societies
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (Submission deadline for the ACLS Open Book Prize + Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award)
Funding Amounts: $20,000 cash prize for authors; $30,000 grant for publishers per winning title (per category)
Summary: Recognizes outstanding peer-reviewed open access monographs in the humanities and interpretative social sciences, rewarding both authors and publishers for excellence and accessibility.
Key Information: Publishers must submit; authors cannot apply independently.