Call for Nominations

Seminal Contributions
to Accounting Literature Award

Previous Winners

The Seminal Contributions to Accounting Literature Award is intended to recognize works that have stood the test of time and have contributed in a fundamental way to later research. Seminal is defined as "having the character of an originative power, principle or source; containing or contribution to the seed of later development."

The award is given no more frequently than once every three years, and no more than one work is honored in any given year. Eligible works must have been published at least 15 years prior to the year in which the award is bestowed. The last time the award was presented was in 2004.

Nominations for the next American Accounting Association Seminal Contribution to Accounting Literature Award may be made again beginning in the Fall of 2006. Any member of the association may make a nomination. Nominations should be sent to the Chair of the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee in 2006–07, or any year after. The letter of nomination should briefly state why the nominated work constitutes a seminal contribution in the view of the nominator.

The name of the award winner will be announced in Accounting Education News and the winner will be recognized and presented with a citation at the AAA Annual Meeting.

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