Submissions on Minnesota Architectural History Sought for Gebhard Award
The Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (MNSAH) invites the submission of articles and books on the history of Minnesota’s built environment for the fifteenth David Stanley Gebhard Award, which honors the Minnesota born SAH president and nationally renowned writer, whose subjects included this state’s architectural history. MNSAH sponsors this award in order to help bring new works of architectural history to the widest possible audience.
The next round of submissions will consider books and articles published between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2025. Publication may be in print or on-line. Although submitted books and articles must have a Minnesota focus, there is no restriction on the author’s place of residence. There will be separate award categories for books and articles.
Submission guidelines will be announced in 2025.
A panel of three judges appointed by the MNSAH board will select the award recipients. MNSAH will present the awards at its Annual Meeting in Spring 2026. The award will include an honorarium ($300 for a book; $100 for an article), a one-year membership in MNSAH, and a framed certificate.
Judges are encouraged to make an award in each category, but can at their discretion decide not to make an award, or to award more than one book or article, or to acknowledge a book or article as an Honorable Mention. The judges are advised to evaluate books and articles based on the following criteria:
- Whether the work advances or deepens a reader’s understanding of the built environment.
- Whether the sources upon which the work is based are evident to a reader.
- Whether the work balances sound scholarship with broad accessibility.
- Whether the work is adequately and effectively illustrated.
See Past Winners of the Gebhard Award
