The Phillips Collection Announces Annual $5,000 Prize for First Book
Manuscript

WHAT: The Phillips Collection Center for the Study of Modern Art
announces an annual prize of $5,000, called The Phillips Book Prize, for
a first book manuscript that clearly communicates new research in modern
or contemporary art from 1880 to the present. The winner will have his
or her manuscript published by the University of California Press - part
of a series of first books - and will be invited to give public
presentations at the Phillips in fall 2007.

The jury will favor those subjects related to the artists and interests
reflected in The Phillips Collection's areas of collecting. Authors who
have completed a Ph.D. within the preceding five years are especially
encouraged to apply. Scholars who have had books published are not
eligible.

HOW TO ENTER: Entries must include a cover letter; CV; three letters of
recommendation sent under a separate cover; book abstract (one page);
and a proposal (8 - 10 pages), including an overview of the project,
chapter outlines, plan for revision of the manuscript into a book, and
scholarly area of focus within the field of modern/contemporary art.

Send eight copies to:
Alexsandra Remorenko
Center for the Study of Modern Art
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
aremorenkophillipscollection.org

WHEN: The proposal deadline is Jan. 15, 2007. If an author is selected
as a finalist, the complete manuscript must be submitted for
consideration by March 2, 2007, prior to an interview with the jury in
Washington, D.C. The winner will be announced in mid-April 2007.

Julie Carpenter
Marketing Associate

The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009-1090
www.phillipscollection.org
jcarpenterphillipscollection.org
202-387-2151 extension 235

The Societe Anonyme: Modernism for America on view through January 21,
2007

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