Publications Award

The purpose of the awards is to encourage high standards in local society publications sympathetic to the aims of industrial archaeology, but excluding those solely concerned with transport history. A local society is defined as being based on a town, county, district or region in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, but excluding societies with a nationwide remit.

• All entries must have been published by the society itself or on its initiative with acknowledgement of the society in the publication.
• There will be three awards of £200 each: for newsletters; journals produced on a regular basis; and occasional publications.
• All entries must have been published in the eighteen months prior to the year of the competition.
• Only one issue of any regular publication may be submitted.
• The closing date for entries will be 31 March in each year of the award. Winners will be notified in early August and the awards announced at the annual AIA conference, usually held in September.
• Judging criteria will include academic quality, readability, attractive layout and style and the quality of illustrations (photographs and diagrams) where these are included.
• The Association has the right to review any entry in IA News or the IA Review. All entries will be passed to the Association's library without charge after judging.
• All entries will be considered by at least three judges appointed by AIA Council. The judges' decisions are final.

For a copy of the rules and an entry form for this Award please click here.

AIA Awards rules

AIA Awards entry form

These forms are in pdf format. A free Adobe pdf reader can be downloaded here.

Application forms are also available from the AIA Liaison Officer, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH