2026 Book Award – The Archivability of Television: Essays on Preservation and Perseverance by Lauren Bratslavsky, Illinois State University and Elizabeth Peterson, University of Oregon

2025 Book Award – Gold Dust on the Air: Television Anthology Drama and Midcentury American Culture by Molly Schneider, Columbia College Chicago

2024 Creative Award – Sharing a laugh: The impact of popular culture on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner by Terry Likes, Mississippi State University

2023 Book Award – Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound by Daphne Brooks

2022 Book Award – Univision Telemundo and the Rise of Spanish-Language Television in the United States by Craig Allen, Arizona State University

2020 Book Award – Contested Ground: The Tunnel and the Struggle over Television News in Cold War America by Mike Conway, Indiana University

2019 Creative Award – Roddenberry’s Trek by James Forsher

2018 Book Award –Six Minutes in Berlin by Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine

2017 Creative Award – Media Matters: Historical Influences Across Popular Culture by Terry Likes, Tennessee State University

2016 Book Award – A Word from Our Sponsor by Cynthia B. Meyers

Note: If LABF and BEA are unable to select an appropriate candidate in any given year, they reserve the right to cancel the award in that given year.