AILC | ICLA Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée | International Comparative Literature Association

(1) Books published between January 2007 and December 2009 are eligible in this cycle. The winner will be named in early 2010, and the Prize will be bestowed at that year's Congress.
(2) Books published between January 2010 and December 2012 will be eligible for the third cycle in which the Prize will be awarded in 2014, and so forth, on a triennial basis.
(3) Books on comparative literature topics by an author under forty years of age can be submitted at the time of publication. The books must have a literary-critical approach and deal with such areas through a comparative optic as literary aesthetics or poetics, literature and the arts, literary movements, historical or biographical influences on literature, cross-fertilization of regional or national literatures, and literary criticism on an international plane. Studies that are primarily ethnic or gender-related or restricted to a single literature are not eligible for the Prize. In this cycle electronic publications are excluded.
(4) Books not in English or French, the official languages of the ICLA, should be accompanied by a summary in English or French of at least 2000 words.
(5) The author may propose him- or herself for the Prize, preferably with a recommendation by a former dissertation or research supervisor or senior comparatist. Any member of the ICLA may also propose candidates for the Prize. However, it is exclusively the responsibility of the author to provide Prof. Steven P. Sondrup, Secretary of the ICLA, with three copies of the book --- or one book and two xerox copies of it --- as well as three copies of the accompanying letter and of the recommendation before January 2, 2010. In principle, the books will not be returned but donated to a library or another appropriate institution. The author should also provide a permanent mailing address as well as an email address to the ICLA Secretary. The mailing address of Prof. Sondrup is: Scandinavian Studies, Brigham Young University, HRCB, Provo, UT 84602-4538, USA.
(6) The winner will be invited to attend the ICLA Congress in order to receive the award. Travel costs will be reimbursed by the ICLA Treasurer up to a maximum of US$ 1000.