Have you written an excellent index this year for a particularly challenging text? Then consider submitting it for the 2014 ASI/EIS Publishing Award for Excellence in Indexing. Nominations for the award are welcome from indexers or publishers and will be accepted from December 1, 2013, to February 15, 2014.
The ASI/EIS Award recognizes the normally anonymous indexers and the publishers who provide high-quality indexes to serve their readers. The indexer of the winning index receives $1,000 from EIS Publishing and a plaque. The publisher of the book is also recognized with a plaque.
This prestigious award was established as the ASI/H.W. Wilson Award in 1978 to honor excellence in indexing of an English language monograph or other non-serial print work published in the United States in the previous year (2013 for the 2014 judging). Books with a 2013 copyright date, or those with a 2014 copyright date in distribution prior to December 31, 2013, are eligible (proof of distribution date is required).
The judging committee is especially interested in seeing books that presented a challenge to the indexer. Scholarly as well as technical volumes and books on unusual or difficult topics often pose such issues. Trade and other types of books are also welcomed. The committee will be looking at how effectively and creatively the indexer has addressed challenges and maintained high standards of index quality and how well the publisher has typeset the index. Judging criteria, information on the judging process, FAQ, as well as submission guidelines and form are all available here.
The 2014 award will be presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Indexing, May 1–2, 2014, in Charleston, South Carolina.
If you have specific questions about the eligibility of an index for the award, please email the Registrar at indextran@cox.net
SEND SUBMISSIONS TO:
Cindy Coan
ASI/EIS Award Registrar
PO 12513
Tucson, AZ 85732-2513