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

The Norman McLaren/Evelyn Lambart Award-Best Scholarly Article in Animation has, historically, been awarded on an ad-hoc basis, on alternate years to the Book Award.

SAS is currently accepting nominations for the 2026 awards cycle. To be eligible, articles must have been published in/on animation studies in English in a peer-reviewed journal between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2025 (articles published on or after January 1, 2026 will be eligible for the 2028 cycle). To be considered, please complete the following submission form: https://forms.gle/Miaoz6xcEiXg141Y7. The deadline for nominations is FEBRUARY 28, 2026 (11:59pm GMT).

Further Eligibility Criteria:

  • Nominees must be current members of SAS.
  • Nominees can only submit to one of the four awards categories in a given awards cycle.
  • Nominees cannot make more than one submission in any one category.
  • Nominees may not sit on the judging panel of a category for which they have made a submission.

Please address any questions to Chris Taylor (ct******@*hu.edu).

Past Winners

2024

Winner – Anastasia Guschina, ‘Toward a Materialist Theory of Animated Documentary‘, Animation Studies 18 (2023)

2016

Winner – Vassilis Kroustallis: ‘Failure to Think, Failure to Move: Handicapped Reasoning in Waltz with Bashir‘, Jewish Film & New Media 2.2 (2014)

2014

Winner – Lilly Husbands: ‘The Metaphysics of Data: Philosophical Science in Semiconductor’s Animated Videos’, Moving Image Review & Art Journal 2.2 (2013)

2012

Winner – Marco Bellano: ‘The Parts and the Whole:  Audiovisual Strategies in the Cinema of Hayao Miyazaki and Joe Hisaishi’, Animation Journal 18 (2010)

2010

Winner – Alan Cholodenko: ‘The Animation of Cinema’, The Semiotic Review of Books 18.2 (2008)

2008

Winner – Paul Ward: ‘Some Thoughts on Theory–Practice Relationships in Animation Studies’, Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal 1.2 (2007)

1996

Winner – John Canemaker: ‘Vladimir Tytla — Master Animator’, Animation Journal 3 (1994)

1994

Winner – Janeann Dill: ‘Jules Engel: Film Artist – A Painterly Aesthetic’, Animation Journal 2.1 (1993)

1992

Winner – Mark Langer: ‘The Disney-Fleischer dilemma: product differentiation and technological innovation’, Screen 33.4 (1992)