2025 AWARDS

Since 1971, SCMS has annually honored the year’s best in cinema and media studies scholarship, teaching, and professional service. The next round of awards will be presented at the 2025 SCMS Conference. The submission period will begin Monday, July 8 and end Monday, August 5, 5:00PM CT.

Accessing the Portal
Members, please login using your cmstudies.org username and password to submit a nomination. If you are not currently a member, please click here. 

Publishers - please sign up for an account at the link directly above and choose the "Publisher (Non-Member)" option. All membership/account requests must be approved by SCMS staff. Please allow 24 hours for this process to be complete. Thank you.

Digital Files Specifications

All book submissions must be submitted as ebooks or digital files through the submission portal. No physical copies will be accepted. Digital files must be accessible to committee members without additional software or credentials. Watermarked digital copies are accepted. Physical copies of published books may be requested by the award committees at any point throughout the review process. Essays are digitally uploaded (PDF required) to the online submission portal at the time of submission.

Please visit our website here to learn more about the history, eligibility, and procedures for each award.