January 31

Accounting Horizons  Best Paper Award - This award is given annually. AAA members vote to choose the recipient from the top five papers selected by the Journal’s editors. 

Competitive Manuscript Award - This award is given annually to up to three papers selected based on interest in their subject matter, depth of research, contribution to knowledge, and organization of subject matter.  Papers must be sole authored by current PhD students or scholars receiving their PhDs within the previous five years. Manuscripts under review at another journal other than The Accounting Review and previously published manuscripts are not eligible.

Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award - This award is given annually to work which is judged to have made or will make the most significant contribution to the advancement of practice in any area.  Selected works must have been published within the previous five years and receive a medal and $5000 prize. ^{a, b}

Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award - This award is given annually to recognize work based on its potential magnitude of contribution to accounting education, practice, and future accounting research. Accounting education and practice are broadly defined, including doctoral students and practical implications beyond the accounting function, respectively. Selected works must have been published between five and fifteen years ago and receive a $2500 prize. ^a

Issues in Accounting Education Best Paper Award - This award is given annually. AAA members vote to choose the recipient from the top five papers selected by the Journal’s editors.  

Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award - This award is given annually to recognize work(s) based on their potential magnitude of contribution to accounting education, practice, and future accounting research. Accounting education and practice are broadly defined, including doctoral students and practical implications beyond the accounting function, respectively. Selected works must have been published in the previous five years and receive a $2500 prize. ^{a, b} 

AAA-AICPA-Bea Sanders EDGE in Teaching Award - to recognize and disseminate successful leading-edge teaching practices in the first courses (freshmen, sophomore, and community college) 

AAA-George Krull EDGE in Teaching Award - to both recognize and disseminate successful leading-edge practices in the teaching of junior- or and senior-level accounting courses

Innovation in Accounting Education Award - to encourage and recognize innovation in accounting education

Outstanding Accounting Educator Award - to recognize educators whose careers have been sustained and substantive

Service Awards

Lifetime Service Award - to recognize service contributions to accounting education over a sustained period of time

Outstanding Service Award - to recognize outstanding services to the Association other than educational and research contributions

^a Although the award generally recognizes a single publication, two or more related publications stemming from the same program of study, addressing a well-defined research objective, and with an identical author group, may be considered for a joint nomination. In this case, each related publication must comply with all other eligibility requirements. Justification for considering the nominated publications as a whole must be provided in the nomination letter.

^b The AAA Board of Directors voted at its meeting in March 1990 that the Deloitte Wildman Medal Award and the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award serve different purposes and that it would be rare that one work would be the recipient of both of these awards.