Congratulations to the recipients of the Institute's 2024 prizes and awards!

The Samuel I. Hayakawa Book Prize for the most outstanding work published in the past five years on topics of direct relevance to the discipline of general semantics (the prize includes a cash award of $1,000) to Marcy Axelrod for How We Choose to Show Up: Nature’s Playbook for Creating a Meaningful Life and the World We Want.

The Christine L. Nystrom Prize awarded to a student currently enrolled in a masters or doctoral level graduate program for outstanding scholarship in the form of a paper on the topic of symbols and meaning (the winning entry will be published in the IGS journal, ETC: A Review of General Semantics, and receive a cash prize of $500) to Kristen Haldeman for “Unveiling the MOOC Mosaic: Navigating Self-Paced Learning Landscapes”.

The Sanford I. Berman Award for Excellence in Teaching General Semantics granted to individuals for outstanding use of general semantics formulations in educational settings on any level to Lance Strate in recognition of continuing excellence in teaching general semantics.

The Marjorie Kendig Award for Outstanding Translation to Orli Berger Kadim for her work in translating Martin Levinson's Practical Fairytales from English to Hebrew and Laura Trujillo’s Formal Cause in Marshall McLuhan’s Thinking from Spanish to English.

The J. Talbot Winchell Award to IGS Secretary and Trustee in Eva Berger In Recognition of her Indispensable Contributions, Accomplishments and Time-Binding Efforts in Service to the Field of General Semantics.