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The Sharon Stephens Prize is awarded bi-annually for a junior scholar’s first book.  The prize ($1000) goes to a work that speaks to contemporary social issues with relevance beyond the discipline and beyond the academy. Ethnographies and critical works in contemporary theory -- single-authored or multi-authored but not edited collections -- are eligible.  The jury for the prize is chaired by an AES councilor, who selects two or three other scholars as jury members.