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54th CBHL Annual Meeting 2022

Annual Literature Award

CBHL Annual Literature Award

Created in 2000, the CBHL Annual Literature Award is given by CBHL to both the author and publisher of works that makes a significant contribution to the literature of botany or horticulture.  The awards are presented at CBHL's Annual Meeting.  The purpose is to:

  • Recognize works that makes a significant contribution to the literature of botany or horticulture;
  • Increase the visibility of CBHL;
  • Encourage participation by the CBHL community in recognizing significant contributions to the literature of the field.

Works will be judged by members of the Annual Literature Award Committee according to the following criteria:

  • Accuracy
  • Clarity
  • Organization and presentation of information
  • Uniqueness of the contribution to the literature of the field
  • Excellence of intellectual content
  • Design and composition of the work

The committee encourages nominations that honor diversity, equity and inclusion. We also believe these concepts intersect with the current science of climate change and give consideration to how a nominee helps bring these topics forward.

The 2022 Nominees are... See this year's list of nominees on the CBHL website.

Winner(s) will be announced Friday, May 27, 2022.

The CBHL Annual Book Raffle is always a fun highlight and a great chance to add books to your library from recent award nominees.  There are a lot of books in this year's raffle - nearly 10 for every in-person attendee.

To make this more equitable for the whole membership, we're opening up the raffle to all members!  You don't have to be registered for the meeting.  Instructions on how to participate will be sent to the membership email list on Monday, May 16th.

For more information about the CBHL Annual Literature Award, open the link below to read a 2017 article from Committee Chair Brian Thompson.