Now Accepting Submissions for 2026 Awards!

2026 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 2026 SCMS Conference. The submission period will begin Tuesday, July 8, 2025 and end Monday, August 4, 2025 at 5:00PM CT.

Accessing the Portal

Please click the SSO Login button, and provide your cmstudies.org username and password to access the portal. The SSO login links your SCMS membership profile to the conference submission portal. When logging in for the first time, you may be asked to grant access to your profile. Please select "full_profile" and proceed to log in. 

Forgot your password? Please click here to receive a password reset link to the email address associated with your account. If you do not receive a link in your inbox or spam folder, the email address associated with your membership account may be incorrect or expired. Please contact the Office for assistance. In order to avoid duplicate accounts, we kindly ask that you do not create a new account unless requested to do so by the Office. 

If you are not an SCMS member please create an account here. All new membership and account requests must be approved by SCMS staff. Please allow up to 24 hours (Monday-Friday) for this process to be complete.

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.

You can read more about the e-book submission policy here: https://www.cmstudies.org/page/awards_ebookinfo. 

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