Submissions Are Closed

Deadline: December 31, 2027

Award Type

Award for Publications

The Albert B. Corey Prize, awarded for the first time in 1967, is sponsored jointly by the American Historical Association and the Canadian Historical Association. This biennial prize is awarded in even numbered years for the best book on Canadian-American relations or on the history of both countries. The prize was approved in 1963 by the Councils of both Associations and formally ratified in 1966, after funding for the prize was secured.

The current prize amount is $1,000.

The 2028 prize is administered by the Canadian Historical Association. The prize competition announcement will be posted in fall 2027 on the CHA website.

The prize will be awarded at the 2028 annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association. Books bearing an imprint of 2026 or 2027 are eligible for the 2028 prize. The deadline for entries is December 31, 2027.

For questions, please contact the Prize Administrator.

Albert B. Corey

Albert B. Corey (1898–1963), one-time chair of the American section of the AHA-CHA Joint Committee, first proposed such an award to encourage the study of Canadian-US relations.

Current Recipient

Coll Thrush, University of British Columbia

Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific (Univ. of Washington Press)