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Congratulations to the ACP finalists & winners of the 2026 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award!

ACP has two winning titles! Additionally, the press had four finalists in the six award categories.

Supported by the American Council of Learned Societies and Arcadia, these prizes recognize the authors and publishers of exceptional and innovative open access humanities books published from 2019 to 2024.

Carrie N. Baker, prize winner in History and finalist in Political

Science for Abortion Pills: US History and Politics (2024)

Book cover for Abortion Pills: US History and Politics

Anastasia Salter and Stuart Moulthrop, prize winners in Literary/Media

Studies for Twining: Critical and Creative Approaches to Hypertext Narratives (2021)

Book cover for Twining: Critical and Creative Approaches to Hypertext Narratives

Carlos Alberto Sánchez, finalist in Political Science for

A Sense of Brutality: Philosophy after Narco-Culture (2020)

Book cover for A Sense of Brutality: Philosophy after Narco-Culture

Read more about the authors, books, and award on the ACLS website!