David H. Russell Award
Deadline: March 1
This award recognizes published research in language, literature, rhetoric, teaching procedures, or cognitive processes that may sharpen the teaching or the content of English at any level.
2024 Recipient: Todd Craig
NCTE Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Award
Deadline: March 15
This award provides early career teachers of color with the opportunity to attend and present at NCTE Annual Convention, where they benefit from professional collaboration and development as they build accomplished teaching careers. Recipients must be NCTE members to accept the award.
Berry Research Award to Study Careers of English Majors
Deadline: May 1
The Berry Research Award to Study Careers of English Majors supports NCTE members in the teaching, learning, and application of literacy learning. It provides research support for NCTE members who propose a research project that studies “the careers of English Majors and/or the role and function of English in career development.”
2024 Recipient: Kelly J. Sassi
Distinguished Service Award
Deadline: May 1
Established in 1950, this award recognizes people who have exhibited valuable service to the profession, scholarly or academic distinction, distinctive use of language, and excellence in teaching. Recipients are nominated by NCTE Board of Director members and demonstrate prestigious legacies of lifetime service.
2024 Recipient: Ulrich H. Hardt
James R. Squire Award
Deadline: May 1
Established in 1967, this award recognized outstanding service to the stature and development of NCTE and ELA education, as well as the education profession as a whole, in the U.S. and internationally. Awardees are honored by a selection committee of NCTE Past Presidents.
2024 Recipient: Kylene Beers
NCTE Advancement of People of Color Leadership Award
Deadline: May 1
This award is given to an NCTE member of color who has made a significant contribution to NCTE and the development of our professional community. It supports members who advocate for policies and practices that influence and advance the understanding of equity and antiracism.
2024 Recipient: Bilal Polson
NCTE Leadership Award for People with Disabilities
Deadline: May 1
This award recognizes a person with a disability who has made a significant contribution to NCTE and to the development of our professional community. Recipients promote and support the advancement of people with disabilities in our profession through their service, writing, teaching, scholarship, and professional development.
2024: No award given
NCTE LGBTQIA+ Advocacy & Leadership Award
Deadline: May 1
This award recognizes a member of the LGBTQIA+ community who has made a significant contribution to NCTE through service, scholarship, and actions that promote and support the advancement of the LGBTQIA+ community in the profession, in literacy-related activities, and in public engagement.
2024 Recipient: Saurabh Anand
George Orwell Award
Deadline: May 1
The NCTE George Orwell Award, established in 1975 and administered by the NCTE Public Language Award Committee, recognizes people who have made outstanding contributions to the critical analysis of public discourse.
2024 Recipient: Jessica Lander
NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award
Deadline: May 1
Established in 1997 by NCTE and Support for the Learning and Teaching of English (SLATE)–this award is given to a person, groups, or institutions for advancing the cause of intellectual freedom. A subcommittee of the NCTE Committee Against Censorship selects the recipients.
2024 Recipient: Henry “Cody” Miller
Media Literacy Award
Deadline: May 1
This award showcases NCTE members who have developed innovative approaches for integrating media analysis and composition into their instruction.
2024 Recipient: T. Philip Nichols