The John Hurt Fisher Prize
Now Accepting Nominations
The Society’s highest honor, the Fisher Prize is awarded for “significant contribution to the field of John Gower Studies.” The Fisher Prize is presented at annually at the Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, MI, and announced in eJGN.
How to Nominate
Send names of potential candidates and a brief statement supporting and/or explaining your nomination to:
R. F. Yeager, Univ. of West Florida (Emeritus)
rfyeager@hotmail.com
Prior Recipients
- 2024 Joel Fredell
- 2023 Andrew Galloway
- 2022 Derek Pearsall and Linne Mooney
- 2021 The Gower Project
- 2020 Brian Gastle
- 2019 Conrad van Dijk
- 2018 Robert Meindl
- 2017 Matthew Irvin
- 2016 Sebastian Sobecki
- 2015 Jonathan Hsy
- 2014 Bruce Holsinger
- 2013 Georgiana Donavin
- 2012 David R. Carlson
- 2011 John Burrow
- 2010 Kurt Olsson
- 2009 Andy Galloway
- 2008 J. Allan Mitchell
- 2007 Peter Nicholson
- 2006 Russell A. Peck
- 2005 Siân Echard
- 2004 Diane Watt
- 2003 James Simpson
- 2002 No Award
- 2001 María Bullón-Fernández
- 2000 R.F. Yeager
- 1999 Peter Nicholson
- 1998 Siân Echard and Claire Fanger
- 1997 Winthrop Wetherbee
- 1996 Kurt Olsson
- 1995 William Burton Wilson
- 1994 Alastair Minnis
- 1993 Russell A. Peck
- 1992 Masayoshi Ito
- 1991 Derek A. Pearsall
2025 Award Committee Member
- JGS Representative:
R. F. Yeager, President - Prior Year’s Fisher Award Recipient:
Joel Fredell, Southeastern Louisiana University - Graduate Student Representative:
Colin Keohane, University of Victoria