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Date: 3/15/2026
Subject: Reopening Nominations: Raewyn Connell Prize – Deadline Extended to 30 April
From: TASA


Dear ~~first_name~~,
 
As we did not receive any nominations for the Raewyn Connell Prize, the Chair of the judging panel, in consultation with the panel members, has decided to extend the nomination deadline. We are therefore reopening nominations for this prize.

Nominations for the Raewyn Connell Prize will now close on 30 April.

The Raewyn Connell Prize is awarded for the best first book by an author in Australian Sociology.

Please note some of the following eligibility requirements for nominations:
  • Nominators must be current TASA members.
  • The book must have a publication date of 2024 or 2025 listed in the front matter.
  • The content of the book must focus on Australian Sociology.
We ask that copies of the nominated book be received by the closing date so that panel members have sufficient time to read and assess all submissions. If you intend to nominate a book, we recommend arranging copies from your publisher as soon as possible to ensure they arrive before the extended deadline.

For full details, including the full eligibility criteria and the nomination form, please visit the Raewyn Connell Prize web page.

We encourage you to consider nominating an eligible first book, if relevant, and to reach out to colleagues or others in your network who may have published their first book in Australian Sociology in 2024 or 2025 so we can recognise and celebrate outstanding contributions to the field.
 
Warm regards,
 
TASA Team
 

Raewyn Connell Prize
Raewyn Connell
Taken from Raewyn Connell's website: Raewyn comes from a family linking the Melbourne professional bourgeoisie with rural settlers. Her Irish, Scots and Welsh ancestors were part of the nineteenth-century British colonization of Aboriginal lands in south-eastern Australia. Born in 1944, Raewyn grew up during the Cold War, mainly in Sydney, where she went to Dee Why Public School, then Manly and North Sydney High Schools. Raewyn took a BA Hons degree at University of Melbourne and a PhD at the University of Sydney. She was active in the student movement and New Left of the 1960s, and then became a university teacher and researcher.
 
The photo of Raewyn was taken by Mignonne Breier.
About the Raewyn Connell Book Prize
This is biennial prize for the best first book by an author in Australian Sociology. The 2026 Prize will cover books that list 2024 or 2025 in the front matter of the book (please double check this as sometimes this date is different to the date your book was released/published). Previous recipients of the award are excluded. The nominated book should be clearly from the discipline of Sociology.
 
The full details of the Raewyn Connell Prize are available on TASAweb here. To nominate your book, or that of a friend/colleague etc. please complete this Raewyn Connell Prize online nomination form.
The nomination deadline has been extended to
April 30, 2026
All inquiries to TASA Admin: admin@tasa.org.au
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