Curtis Benjamin Award for Creative Publishing

The Curtis Benjamin Award, which is administered by the Association of American Publishers, was first given in 1975 to honor Curtis Benjamin, a much admired former President of McGraw-Hill who, after his retirement became an outstanding ambassador for the book industry. The winner is selected each year from nominations submitted to an awards committee representing the publishing, library, bookselling, and philanthropic communities.

A list of previous winners reads like "Who's Who in American Publishing," including Roger W. Straus, Morris Philipson; Thomas J. McCormack; Robert L. Bernstein; Jeremiah Kaplan; Charles Scribner, Jr.; Jason Epstein; Simon Michael Bessie; Kenneth D. McCormick; and W. Bradford Wiley.

Nomination Form (PDF)