The British Forum for Ethnomusicology invites submissions for the new annual BFE Book Prize to recognize outstanding scholarship in ethnomusicology written in English. Both monographs and edited volumes published in 2012 or 2013 will be eligible for the 2014 prize. (Co)authors and (co)editors must all be BFE members at the time of submission, while contributors to edited collections are welcome to join. No book may be entered more than once for this prize. This prestigious award will be presented at the BFE annual conference at SOAS in July 2014 and carries a prize of £100.

To enter, please send one copy of the nominated book, together with a brief biography of the author(s)/editor(s), email address, details of the book, and confirmation of BFE membership, by post to:

Dr Hettie Malcomson
Committee Chair, British Forum for Ethnomusicology Book Prize Music, Faculty of Humanities University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ

Deadline: all submissions should be post-marked Monday 3 March 2014 at the latest.

The 2014 book prize committee consists of Martin Stokes, Simon Mills, and Hettie Malcomson (Chair).