CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Awards honor authors and editors for published books, essay collections, and articles, recognizing excellence in technical and scientific communication scholarship.
Funder: National Council of Teachers of English
Due Dates (Anticipated): June 2027 (Nomination deadline)
Funding Amounts: Recognition award with a certificate presented at the CCCC Convention
Summary: Recognizes outstanding published books, essay collections, and articles in technical and scientific communication across six categories.
Key Information: Both nominees and nominators must be members of CCCC and/or NCTE at nomination.
The CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Awards are offered by the National Council of Teachers of English and administered by the Conference on College Composition and Communication. They honor authors and editors for outstanding published scholarship in technical and scientific communication, rather than funding new research projects. The competition recognizes books, original essay collections, and articles addressing empirical research, historical research or textual studies, philosophy or theory, and pedagogy or curriculum.
Past recipients have explored Indigenous translation and interpretation, community-engaged social justice, technology-mediated communication, accessible syllabus design, environmental communication, and communication in health and medical settings. The awards recognize excellence across these varied approaches to the field.