The M.A.K. Halliday Prize is an international book prize awarded biennially for the most significant scholarly monograph recently published in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). It is named in memory of M.A.K. Halliday, who was the leading figure in the development of SFL theory. The principal criterion for success will be evidence of excellence and significance in furthering and developing the work of Systemic Functional Linguistics. 

ASFLA Inc (The Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association Inc) now calls for nominations world-wide for the first M.A.K. Halliday Prize. The initial award, to be presented at ASFLA 2023, will be AU$1000. The award will be assessed together by an international selection committee; in 2023 each of its seven members is from a different region.  

The 2023 shortlist is:  

Maagerø, Eva, Ruth Mulvad and Elise Seip Tønnesen. 2022. Women in Social Semiotics and SFL – making a difference. Routledge Studies in Linguistics 

Matthiessen, Christian M.I.M., Bo Wang, Yuanyi Ma & Isaac N. Mwinlaaru. 2022. Systemic Functional Insights on Language and Linguistics. Singapore: Springer. 

McCabe, Anne.  2001. A functional linguistic perspective on developing language. London and New York: Routledge. 

Ngo, T., Hood, S., Martin, J. R., Painter, C., Smith, B., & Zappavigna, M.    2022.  Modelling paralanguage from the perspective of Systemic Functional Semiotics: Theory and application. London: UK: Bloomsbury. 

Congratulations to all who nominated books for the 2023 M.A.K. Halliday Prize.

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