CFP: 2025 Siegel McDaniel Award for Graduate Research on Philip Roth

The annual Siegel/McDaniel Award, sponsored by the Philip Roth Society, recognizes high-quality graduate student papers written within the past year on any aspect of Philip Roth’s work. (*we may also consider undergraduate work of exceptional quality).

We recommend that faculty encourage their students to submit papers, and we welcome submissions from Roth Society members and non-members alike.

PLEASE KNOW: if you finished your graduate studies in 2025, then your work may be deemed eligible.

Eligible graduate students should submit a clean copy of their 12-18 page essay, double-spaced, in 12 point Times New Roman font to Andy Connolly, the Philip Roth Society President, at philiprothsociety@gmail.com

The deadline is December 31, 2025.

The winner of the Siegel/McDaniel Award receives:

• a $500 cash award

• a complimentary membership renewal that includes the journal option for the following year

• an opportunity to work with the editors of Philip Roth Studies to publish an expanded version of the essay

• reimbursement of one conference registration fee when presenting on a Roth Society panel

The executive board members of the Philip Roth Society will evaluate all entries and notify entrants of their decision.

This award is given in honor of the work of Ben Siegel and John McDaniel, two of the earliest and most influential Roth scholars in the history of American letters.