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title: "Publication Award in Contemporary Architecture"
organization: "MIT Press"
category: prize
deadline: 2026-11-30
valid_through: 2026-11-30
countries: ["US"]
disciplines: ["writing", "architecture"]
location: "Cambridge, MA, USA"
entry_fee: "Free"
award: "Publication contract from the MIT Press, an author grant, and a contribution toward high-quality book production"
eligibility: "Submissions are welcome from architects, scholars, journalists, critics, theorists, and writers from any country."
source_url: "https://e-flux.com/announcements/6787697/publication-award-in-contemporary-architecture"
canonical: "https://opencallradar.com/open-calls/publication-award-in-contemporary-architecture-mit-press-99cca80f"
status: open
last_updated: 2026-07-09T04:11:42.726597
---
# Publication Award in Contemporary Architecture

**Organization**: MIT Press
**Category**: prize
**Deadline**: 2026-11-30
**Location**: Cambridge, MA, USA
**Country code(s)**: US
**Discipline(s)**: writing, architecture
**Entry fee**: Free
**Award**: Publication contract from the MIT Press, an author grant, and a contribution toward high-quality book production
**Eligibility**: Submissions are welcome from architects, scholars, journalists, critics, theorists, and writers from any country.

## Description

The MIT Press, Graham Foundation, and Storefront for Art and Architecture have launched the Publication Award in Contemporary Architecture (PACA) to support ambitious, publicly engaged writing on contemporary architecture. This biennial award fosters the development of transformative and bold new writing from conception through publication. Winning submissions will demonstrate originality, skilled writing, intellectual rigor, bold positions, and contemporary relevance. The award includes a publication contract, an author grant, and production funds for the book.

## Apply / Verify

- Official source: https://e-flux.com/announcements/6787697/publication-award-in-contemporary-architecture
- OpenCall Radar listing: https://opencallradar.com/open-calls/publication-award-in-contemporary-architecture-mit-press-99cca80f