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Prizes

ACMR prizes recognize and commemorate exceptional scholarly research in the field of Chinese music. In addition to recognizing outstanding writing in Chinese music research each year, these awards honor Barbara Barnard Smith and Rulan Chao Pian, two major figures in our field and co-founders of the ACMR.

Email submissions and nominations to ACMR President Shelley Zhang ([email protected]). Applicants will be notified regarding the outcome of the award as soon as possible.

Barbara Barnard Smith Student Paper Prize

Deadline: April 30

The Barbara Barnard Smith Student Paper Prize is awarded annually to recognize an outstanding student paper in the field of Chinese music, broadly defined, that was presented at the national Society for Ethnomusicology meeting in the previous year. Review will be conducted by a rotating selection committee composed of three members of the ACMR executive board or appointed by the ACMR president. The Barbara Barnard Smith Prize is accompanied by a $100 award. The winner will be notified by e-mail generally within three months of the ACMR meeting; an abstract of his/her paper will be included in the following ACMR Newsletter.

Submit your paper as an attachment to an email to the ACMR President. The submitted paper should be identical to the presentation at the SEM, but should include additional bibliographic and discographic materials as appropriate. Consideration for the Smith prize requires current ACMR membership; if you are not a current member of ACMR please renew or join when submitting your work. Prize winners will not be eligible to receive the award thereafter.

Rulan Chao Pian Publication Prize

Deadline: April 30

The Rulan Chao Pian Prize recognizes the best article on Chinese music, broadly defined, published in an English-language scholarly journal or edited volume within the calendar year. The Rulan Chao Pian Prize is accompanied by a $100 award. Review will be conducted by a rotating selection committee composed of three members of the ACMR executive board or appointed by the ACMR president. The winner will be notified by e-mail generally within three months of the ACMR meeting; an abstract of the article will be included the following ACMR Newsletter.

Submit the article as an attachment to an email to the ACMR President. Consideration for the Pian prize requires current ACMR membership; if you are not a current member of ACMR please renew or join when submitting your work.

Bell Yung Student Travel Award

Deadline: September 1

The Association for Chinese Music Research (ACMR) is proud to present the Bell Yung Student Travel Award. The award aims to promote graduate and undergraduate student research on Chinese music by supporting research presentations at the annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) or at the annual ACMR meeting.

The annual Yung award provides $500 toward travel expenses for one student whose paper on Chinese music, broadly defined, has been accepted in the SEM general program (with secondary consideration given to student paper presentations at the ACMR meeting). The award will be presented at the ACMR meeting, held in conjunction with the SEM meeting, and an announcement will be published in the ACMR Newsletter. We also will extend presenters the opportunity to publish their research in the Spring issue of the ACMR Newsletter. Submit all materials to Shelley Zhang ([email protected]) by September 1.

The Yung award committee will include three members: the ACMR President, Bell Yung or designate, and one additional ACMR officer. The proposed paper must show careful research and analysis that contributes to the scholarly study of Chinese music.

Applications for the Yung award must include: