To support a translation prize for a book-length publication by a non-US author that contributes to scholarship on historical American art. Single-author, book-length academic publications in a non-English language—whether unpublished or published within the previous five calendar years—are eligible for consideration. The prize seeks to advance and internationalize scholarship on American art by giving a non-US scholar the opportunity to publish with a leading US academic press. The winner receives a $5,000 cash prize, and the manuscript is published by Yale University Press.