“Javier Coy” Biennial Research Awards

SAAS wishes to recognize the research achievements of its members through the Javier Coy Biennial Research Awards. The goal of these awards is to promote high-quality scholarship in the field of American Studies, and to celebrate the originality and excellence of research carried out within SAAS. All SAAS members are eligible to submit work in the following categories: Best Monograph, Best Journal Article, Best Edited Volume, Best REN Article.

Best Monograph (700€) open to original volumes (joint authorship is possible) published in 2023 or 2024. A monograph is here understood as a single volume on a specific subject, containing original research material. Literary translations and scholarly editions are excluded.Best Edited Volume (500€) seeks to recognize outstanding edited collections of articles published in 2023 or 2024 in book form.
Best Journal Article (300€) is intended to honor original research articles published in 2023 or 2024 in a specialized research journal of international scope and high impact rate.Best REN Article (200€) open to original research articles published in Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos. All articles appearing in REN since the last SAAS conference will be considered, unless otherwise stated by the authors (authors don’t need to send copies to the committee)

Only one item across all categories can be submitted by each member. Works previously submitted for other awards are excluded. Once the Javier Coy awards are announced, the volumes/articles will be returned to authors. Following the SAAS board’s agreement, the composition of the jury will not be made public. The jury’s decision, which is unappealable, will be made public during the members’ general assembly at the biennial conference.

LAST AWARDEES (ALICANTE 2025)

  • Best Monograph: Daniel McKay, Beyond Hostile Islands: The Pacific War in American and New Zealand Fiction Writing (Fordham University Press, 2024).
  • Best Edited Volume: María Antonia Oliver-Rotger and Pere Gifrá-Adroher, (In)Hospitable Encounters in Chicanx and Latinx Literature and Thought (Routledge, 2024).
  • Best Journal Article:  “Rompiendo el silencio: La última luna menguante (1986), teatro norteamericano y la llegada del VIH/ sida a España.” Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, vol. 101, issue 7, 1043–1070.
  • Best REN Article: María Dolores Narbona Carrión, “Transcending the Limitations of 19th Century Women’s Domestic Sphere and Fiction: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps’ Contribution.” Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos, vol. 28 (2024), 21-51.