The Society for Animation Studies presents four awards for scholarly work.  The Norman McLaren/Evelyn Lambart awards for best monograph, edited collection, and article, as well as the Millie Young Practice-as-Research Award, are presented on alternating years and are judged by a panel of peers. The Maureen Furniss Award for Best Student Paper on Animated Media is awarded annually to students.

Norman McLaren/Evelyn Lambart Award-Best Scholarly Monograph and (since 2023) Best Edited Collection in Animation

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Norman McLaren/Evelyn Lambart Award-Best Scholarly Article in Animation

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Millie Young Practice-as-Research Award

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Maureen Furniss Award for Best Student Paper on Animated Media

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