Call for Nominations

Distinguished Contributions
to Accounting Literature Award

The American Accounting Association is pleased to announce the new Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Literature Award. The winner will be recognized and presented with a $2,500.00 check and plaque at the 2010 Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

The Screening Committee for the Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award invites nominations of research of exceptional merit. The nominations must meet the following criteria:

Uniqueness and magnitude of contribution to accounting education, practice and/or future accounting research originality and innovative content; clarity and organization of exposition; soundness and appropriateness of methodology. The selection process shall consider the breadth of accounting research in terms of topic areas and methods.
Items must have been published more than five years prior to the award but not more than 15 years prior to the award. Papers that have already been recognized with a Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award are not eligible for the Distinguished Contributions Award.

Nominations for the award should be submitted to the Chair of the Screening Committee, Professor Sarah Nutter by January 31, 2010.

Submit Nominations to:

Sarah E. Nutter
George Mason University
School of Management
Mail Stop 5F4
4400 University Dr
Fairfax, VA 22030 4444
snutter@gmu.edu

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