Lavender Rhetorics Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship
This award honors recent, original works that significantly advance queer scholarship in composition and rhetoric, recognizing books, articles, dissertations, and nontraditional texts published in the last two years.
Funder: National Council of Teachers of English
Due Dates: August 1, 2026 (Nomination deadline)
Funding Amounts: No monetary award; recipients receive a plaque or certificate at the CCCC Annual Convention.
Summary: Recognizes recent, outstanding works that make significant queer interventions in composition and rhetoric studies.
Key Information: Both the nominee and nominator must be CCCC and/or NCTE members at the time of nomination.
Description
The Lavender Rhetorics Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship, presented by the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), honors outstanding works that make significant queer interventions in the study of composition and rhetoric. The award is given annually to one book, one article or book chapter, one dissertation, and one nontraditional scholarly text published or conferred within the preceding two years. Recipients are selected for their originality, theoretical or pedagogical significance, affective impact, and influence or potential influence on the field. The award aims to highlight contributions that address timely issues, fill gaps in existing knowledge, and demonstrate promise for future exploration in queer scholarship related to composition and rhetoric.
