The Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) will open nominations for its next (2028) biennial awards competition in the summer of 2027.
SACRPH presents three awards for scholarship on American (United States and Canada) city and regional planning history: the Lewis Mumford Prize for best book ($500), the Catherine Bauer Wurster Prize for best peer-reviewed article ($500), and the John Reps Prize for best doctoral dissertation ($1,000) and master’s thesis ($500). For all of the above, transnational or comparative histories that include the United States or Canada are also eligible.
Additionally, SACRPH offers the Journal of Planning History Prize for best article published in that journal, with no geographical restriction ($500), the Global Book Prize for the best book on city and regional planning history whose focus is outside the United States and Canada (transnational histories that include the United States or Canada are also eligible but may be nominated only for this or Mumford, not both; $500), and the Angel David Nieves Prize for digital or public humanities projects on city and regional planning history, including student projects, no geographical restriction ($500).
For all of the above awards, work with a publication date (for articles, an OnlineFirst publication date) between January 1, 2026 and December 31, 2027 will be eligible.
SACRPH also awards the Laurence Gerckens Prize to an outstanding teacher-scholar who has demonstrated sustained excellence in scholarship, teaching, and leadership in the field of planning history ($500).
Awards will be presented at the Twenty-second National Conference on Planning History in fall 2028. For information on past winners visit individual awards pages.