Call for Submissions: 2025 Sorgenfrei Prize

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

2025 Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei Prize for Japanese Theatre Scholarship

Submission Deadline: May 1, 2026

The Association for Asian Performance is pleased to announce the call for submissions for the 2025 Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei Prize for Japanese Theatre Scholarship. The prize will consist of a three-thousand-dollar award, a plaque, and a complimentary year’s membership to AAP.

 The Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei Prize for Japanese Theatre promotes scholarship of Japanese theatre and performance and is awarded to an early career scholar for an outstanding article, chapter, or essay on Japanese theatre or performance published in English in 2025. We define early career scholars as current graduate students or those untenured with a terminal degree (MFA or PhD) no more than ten years past graduation, including independent scholars.

Nominated essays may cover any period, style, and genre of Japanese theatre or performance (as broadly conceived) published between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025. Self-nominations are accepted and encouraged. The winner will be announced by Summer 2026 and the prize awarded at the AAP Annual Conference.

The submission deadline is May 1, 2026. Submissions can be sent directly to Jessica Nakamura, chair of the prize committee, jnakamura@ucsb.edu.