NCA National Awards

Each year, NCA honors the best in Communication, presenting awards for outstanding scholarship, teaching, and professional service, as well as the NCA Legacy Scholarship. The awards recognize a wide range of contributions to the Communication discipline. The Call for Nominations for NCA awards is issued in February.

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Golden Anniversary Book Award

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship

The NCA Golden Anniversary Book Award was presented until 1987 when it was discontinued. Book award nominations are now directed to the Winans/Wichelns Award or the Diamond Anniversary Book Award...

Golden Anniversary Monograph Award

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship

The Golden Anniversary Monograph Awards were created to mark NCA's 50th Anniversary in 1964. Originally, there were awards given to monographs and to books. The book award was deleted and later...

IDEA Engagement Award

NCA Awards

The IDEA Engagement Award began in 2021 and offers recognition for efforts and activities to engage communities in work that enhances inclusion, diversity, equity, or access. Such engagement may be...

IDEA Scholarship Award

NCA Awards

The IDEA Scholarship Award began in 2021 and offers recognition for scholarly engagement with inclusion, diversity, equity, and access. Such engagement may be evaluated for the depth and development...

James A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship

The Award and fund were established by students, colleagues, and admirers of those two distinguished Cornell University professors. The Annual Award is presented to scholarship that has been...

James L. Golden Outstanding Student Essay in Rhetoric Award

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship

This award was created as an essay competition to encourage and support student research. The essay should focus on the history, theory, or criticism of rhetoric. The award can be given to...

Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship

Award was established by Mrs. Wallace and the family of the late distinguished rhetorical scholar, and is given to foster and promote philosophical, historical, or critical scholarship in rhetoric...

Leslie Irene Coger Award for Distinguished Performance

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship

The Coger Award was first presented in 1994, and is given to persons who have contributed an outstanding body of live performances. The award may be given to directors, producers, teachers, or...

Lilla A. Heston Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Interpretation and Performance Studies

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship

The Heston Award is given for outstanding published research and creative scholarship in interpretation and performance studies. The scholarship recognized by the award may be published in any NCA...

Marcella E. Oberle Award for Outstanding Teaching in Grades K-12

NCA Awards for Outstanding Teaching

This award is sponsored by the NCA Teaching and Learning Council and has been conferred since 1987. Year Award Winner 2023 Aaron M. Dechant 2022 Halie Waddell Rios, Paul Duke STEM High School in...