The Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South at the University of Alabama continues to receive nominations for the 2018 Deep South Book Prize. Nominations will close on March 1, however.

The prize is awarded biennially for the best book on the history or culture of the Deep South, and the author of the prizewinner will receive a cash award of $500.

Books nominated for the next awarded prize must have been published between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017. Three copies of each nominated book should be mailed by March 1, 2018 to:

Deep South Book Prize
Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South
237 ten Hoor Hall
Box 870212
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Questions or requests for additional information may be addressed to the Summersell Center at jmgiggie@ua.edu or at 205.348.1859.