The Conference on Latin American History in cooperation with The Americas established the Tibesar Prize in  December 1990. It carries a stipend of $500.

A Tibesar Prize Committee, annually named by the president of the Conference on Latin American History, will designate the most distinguished article published by The Americas for the volume year, which ends in the year before the award is announced.

Hence, for the 2026 Tibesar Prize to be awarded in January of 2027, the Tibesar Prize Committee will review and judge articles in the 2025 volume year. The Executive Director will be informed of the committee’s decision no later than October 15, 2026.

The Tibesar Prize Committee is charged with selecting that article which best combines distinguished scholarship, original research and/or thought, and grace of writing style.

Note: The CLAH requires current membership for all of its prizes and awards.

Tibesar Prize Committee for 2026:

Tamara Walker (chair)
Barnard College

Oscar Aponte
Villanova University

Joseph Clark
University of Kentucky

Donations to the Tibesar Prize fund can be made here.

To see the list of past Tibesar Prize recipients and prize committees, see here.