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They’re back—the ASI Indexing Awards!

The 2025 competition for the ASI Indexing Awards is now open. You are invited to submit a final PDF version of a book that you indexed with a publication date of 2024 for consideration. The first-place winners will each receive $500. Submissions will be accepted through July 25, 2025.

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2025 ASI Board members elected

Congratulations to our newly elected board members! Along with Jen Weers, incoming ASI president, they will take office at the Annual General Meeting on May 17, 2024. These candidates have been elected: Shannon Li, president-elect; Cheryl Lenser, treasurer; Elizabeth Bartmess, director; Marta Steele, director.

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ASI Conference: Spring into Action! April 25–26, 2025

Spring into Action! Freshen Up Your Indexing Skills and Revitalize Your Freelance Business. ASI’s 2025 virtual conference will offer a wide range of hands-on sessions for indexers at all levels of experience. Presenters will address real-world indexing issues and challenges, and provide best practices and fresh approaches for dealing with them.

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Devon Thomas, right, was the 2024 Hines Award recipient. Ina Gravitz, the 2016 Hines Award recipient, presented the award.

ASI Seeks Hines Award Nominations for 2025

Call for Hines Award Nominations Nominations Due March 15, 2025 Do you know someone who has given unstintingly of their time and talents to ASI? Then consider nominating them for the 2025 Hines Award. ASI’s Theodore C. Hines Award recognizes those who have made exceptional contributions to ASI and to the indexing profession. The deadline […]

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ASI Announces Winners of the 2024 Indexing Awards

The American Society for Indexing has announced the winners of the 2024 Indexing Awards. In the Trade category, Jan Wright won for Shift Happens: A Book about Keyboards, published by Aresluna, LLC. In the Scholarly/Technical category, Enid Zafran won for Looking for Other Worlds: Black Feminism and Haitian Fiction, published by University of Virginia Press.

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