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Association of American Publishers Announces Finalists and Category Winners for 2025 PROSE Awards

Association of American Publishers Announces Finalists and Category Winners for 2025 PROSE Awards

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) unveiled the 101 Finalists and 37 Category Winners for the 49th Annual PROSE Awards honoring professional and scholarly works published in 2024.

“The 2025 PROSE Awards Finalists and Category Winners significantly showcase a deep commitment to excellence on the part of the professional and scholarly publishing community,” commented Syreeta Swann, Chief Operating Officer at AAP. “We congratulate all of our 101 Finalists and 37 Category Winners and look forward to honoring their incredible contributions to their fields and publishing as a whole.”

“This year’s honorees cover an extensive array of academic fields and research topics with incredible skill, continuing to illustrate the complexity and variety of scholarly publishing works,” commented PROSE Awards Chief Judge, Dr. Nigel Fletcher-Jones. “We eagerly anticipate the announcement of the 2025 PROSE Awards for Excellence winners, and our top prize, the R.R. Hawkins Award, all of which embody the spirit of PROSE.”

The 37 Category Winners will now be eligible for the next level of PROSE honors – the Awards for Excellence, which will be announced in the coming weeks.

The Awards for Excellence comprise the following four awards:

  1. The 2024 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences
  2. The 2024 PROSE Award for Excellence in Humanities
  3. The 2024 PROSE Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences and Mathematics
  4. The 2024 PROSE Award for Excellence in Social Sciences

Of these four Awards for Excellence winners, one will receive the PROSE Award’s highest honor, the prestigious R.R. Hawkins Award.

Finalists are linked and listed according to their area and category, with Category Winners listed first.

2025 PROSE Awards Category Winners and Finalists