The Journal of Planning History Prize ($500) is awarded to the best article published in that journal, with no geographical restriction.
Past Winners
2026: Andrew H. Whittemore, “Origins of Deed Restrictions in the United States: The Case of Early-Nineteenth Century Boston,” Journal of Planning History 23, no. 3 (August 2024)
2023: Todd M. Michney, “How the City Survey’s Redlining Maps Were Made: A Closer Look at HOLC’s Mortgagee Rehabilitation Division” Journal of Planning History 21, no. 4 (Nov. 2022; OnlineFirst 2021)
2021: Anastasiya Ponomaryova and Brent D. Ryan, “Will Kyiv’s Soviet Industrial Districts Survive? A Study of Transformation, Preservation, and Demolition of Industrial Heritage in Ukraine’s Capital,” Journal of Planning History 20, no. 3 (Aug. 2021): 220-268
2019: Luke Bennett, Sheffield Hallam University, “Cold War Ruralism: Civil Defense Planning, Country Ways, and the Founding of the UK Royal Observer Corps’ Fallout Monitoring Posts Network,” Journal of Planning History 17, no. 3 (Aug. 2018): 205-225
— 2019 honorable mention: Douglas R. Appler, University of Kentucky, “Changing the Scale of Analysis for Urban Renewal Research: Small Cities, the State of Kentucky, and the 1974 Urban Renewal Directory” Journal of Planning History 16, no. 3 (Aug. 2017): 200-221
2017: Jordan Stanger-Ross, and the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective, “Suspect Properties: The Vancouver Origins of the Forced Sale of Japanese-Canadian-owned Property, WWII” Journal of Planning History 15, no. 4 (Nov.2016): 271-289
— 2017 honorable mention: J. Mark Souther, “A US$35 Million ‘Hole in the Ground’: Metropolitan Fragmentation and Cleveland’s Unbuilt Downtown Subway,” Journal of Planning History 14, no. 3 (Aug. 2015) 179-203
2015: Damon Scott, “Before the Creative Class: Blight, Gay Movies, and Family Values in the Haight-Ashbury Neighborhood,” Journal of Planning History 14, no. 2 (May 2015): 149-173
— 2015 honorable mention: Domenic Vitiello and Catherine Brinkley, “The Hidden History of Food System Planning” Journal of Planning History 13, no. 2 (May 2014): 91-112
2013: Jatinder Singh and Amita Sinha, “Jamshedpur: Planning an Ideal Steel City in India,” Journal of Planning History 10, no. 4 (Nov. 2011): 263-281
2011: Michael Carriere, “Fighting the War Against Blight: Columbia University, Morningside Heights, Inc., and Counterinsurgent Urban Renewal,” Journal of Planning History 10, no. 1 (Feb. 2011): 5-29
2009: Heather MacDonald, “City Planning and the U.S. Census 1910 to 1960,” Journal of Planning History 7, no. 4 (Nov. 2008): 263-294
— 2009 honorable mention: Elizabeth MacDonald, “The Efficacy of Long-Range Planning: The Case of Vancouver,” Journal of Planning History 7, no. 3 (Aug. 2008): 175-213 — 2009 honorable mention: Stephen McGovern, “Evolving Visions of Waterfront Development in Post-industrial Philadelphia: The Formative Role of Elite Ideologies,” Journal of Planning History 7, no. 4 (Nov. 2008): 295-326
— 2009 honorable mention: Stephen McGovern, “Evolving Visions of Waterfront Development in Post-industrial Philadelphia: The Formative Role of Elite Ideologies,” Journal of Planning History 7, no. 4 (Nov. 2008): 295-326