Each year, the McGannon Center presents the Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research to the most notable book addressing issues of communications policy published during the previous year. The Center recognizes the winning entry with a $2,000 prize.
The McGannon Center congratulates 2008 award winner, James Boyle, Professor of Law at the Duke University School of Law, for his book, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press, 2008). The McGannon Center also congratulates Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law at Harvard University, for his book, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It(Yale University Press, 2008), being named an Honored Book.
Nominations for the 2009 Award currently are being accepted. Nominees should consist of book-length research published in 2009 that addresses or informs issues of communications policy. Nominations should consist of a cover letter briefly summarizing the book's research focus and findings, along with four copies of the book. Self-nominations are welcome. Edited volumes are not eligible for consideration. Deadline for consideration is January 15th, 2010.
