ANZSIL Publication Prizes

ANZSIL awards up to four publication prizes on an annual basis. A maximum of two prizes will be awarded for books (the ANZSIL Book Prizes) and a maximum of two prizes will be awarded for journal articles or book chapters (the ANZSIL Journal Article/Book Chapter Prizes).

Both prizes will be available in an open and an ECR category (that is, in any year, ANZSIL may award the ANZSIL book prize; the ANZSIL book prize (early career); the ANZSIL journal article/book chapter prize; and the ANZSIL journal article/book chapter prize (early career)). ECR publications may be eligible to be awarded the ECR or the open prize. If an ECR publication is awarded the open prize in any category, the ECR publication will be awarded the open prize (either the ANZSIL book prize or the ANZSIL journal article/book chapter prize) and there will not be an award of the ECR prize in that category.

Prizes are to be awarded annually, with the announcement of the winner of the prizes to be made at the annual ANZSIL conference in June/July.

A sum of $750 will be awarded to each winning ANZSIL book and a sum of $250 will be awarded to each winning article/book chapter.

The ANZSIL book and article/book chapter prize winners will be invited to present and discuss their book/article/book chapter at an ANZSIL event, for example an online event, following the award. Prize winners are encouraged to submit a short article to ANZSIL Perspectives on the topic of their winning publication.

In accepting the ANZSIL publication prize, the winner of the prize agrees to be a sub-committee member of the prizes in the subsequent year in the category in which their prize was awarded.

Assessment Criteria

The ANZSIL publication prizes will be open to published work in any field of public and private international law. The prizes will be awarded on the basis of the following criteria:

• Significance of the work to the field of public/private international law.
• Originality within the field of public/private international law.
• Rigour – of research methods and analysis.
• Quality of writing.

Eligibility and Nomination

Timing

Eligible publications must be published between 1 January and 31 December of the year preceding the prize (ie, publication date between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025 for the prize awarded in 2026). The publication date is the earlier of the publication date of the electronic/online or print/hardcopy version for books, journal articles and book chapters.

Eligibility

The prizes are open to individuals who:

• are an ANZSIL member at the time of nomination; and
• are studying or working or otherwise based in Australia or New Zealand OR are a citizen or permanent resident of Australia or New Zealand.

If the author wishes to be considered for the ECR prize, they must confirm eligibility as an ECR scholar. ECR status will be determined based on the rules for ECR status under the Australian Research Council for the DECRA award.

Individuals can nominate a maximum of one publication per category per year. Prize winners are not eligible to submit a publication in the subsequent year in the category in which their prize was awarded (ie, the 2025 winner in the article/book chapter prize category is not eligible for the 2026 article/book chapter prize but is eligible to submit a publication in the 2026 book prize category).

In the case of co-authorship:

• an author can submit a maximum of two publications, but only one publication can be submitted by the same co-authors.
• 50% or greater of authors must be eligible to submit a publication for the prize at the time of nomination.

The book prizes are open to authored books. Authors of chapters in edited collections should submit their chapters for the article/book chapter prizes.

Nominations

The nomination must be made by 1 February of the year of the prize. The nominator must provide access to the nominated publication, whether in hard copy or via electronic access. Page proofs may be provided if necessary (eg because the author is not able to pay for access for the prize committee/reviewers) but the nomination must have been published.

A person other than the author may nominate the publication for a prize provided the author has consented to the nomination.

The nomination should contain the following information, and any other information that the selection committee considers appropriate:

• Name of author(s) and title of book, article or book chapter.
• Statement confirming author(s)’ eligibility for the prize.
• Statement confirming the earliest publication date of the submission (whether that date is of the electronic/online or hardcopy/print version).
• If the author wishes to be considered for the ECR prize, they must confirm eligibility as an ECR scholar. ECR status will be determined based on the rules for ECR status under the Australian Research Council for the DECRA award.
• Statement confirming that the author(s) has/have complied with the rules in relation to the number of submissions per author. If the nominee is not the author, a statement confirming that the author has consented to be nominated for the prize.
• Short statement (no more than 250 words) describing the significance of the book, or article or book chapter, including the originality of the author(s)’ contribution.

Selection Committee

The ANZSIL book and article/book chapter prizes will be administered by a selection committee comprising:

• One ANZSIL Council member; and
• Four to five ANZSIL members; and
• Where possible and appropriate, a representative from each of the ANZSIL Interest Groups

The Selection Committee will be chaired by the ANZSIL Council member who has responsibility for co-opting the other members and overseeing the entire process, and who will act as the Committees’ Chair. Pursuant to the co-opting of selection panels, the Committees’ Chair will oversee the prize process as a whole. The Committees’ Chair must not have nominated a publication for a prize in any category in the relevant year.

Two sub-committees will be established, one to oversee the book prizes, and one to oversee the book chapter/article prizes. A selection panel member or chair in the sub-committees may have nominated a publication for the prize, but only in the category not under their consideration.