Use the online submission form on our website. Publishers in the USA and Canada are eligible to submit an unlimited number of titles via the Mathical website between August 29 – September 27, 2024.

Authors and readers can nominate titles as Mathical Honor Books.

For the Mathical Book Prize:

• Only books published in 2024 will be eligible for the 2025 Mathical Book Prize.
• Both fiction and nonfiction titles may be submitted.
• Books must be intended for grades PreK-12.
• All books must originate with a children’s publishing company or division and must be published (not simply distributed) by a publisher incorporated in the U.S. or Canada.
• Original paperbacks are eligible; paperback reprints are not. If a book is published simultaneously in hardcover and paperback, either edition may be submitted.
• Textbooks, workbooks, kits, and experiment-only books are not eligible.
• Books must be currently available in print in English.
• Spanish-language editions published in the U.S./Canada simultaneously with English-language editions are eligible.
• Books translated into English are eligible.
• Publishers agree to share publicity materials (such as high-resolution cover images) for use in marketing of the winning titles, if selected.

Mathical winners have come from a wide variety of imprints and publishers, from the largest publishing houses in the United States to nonprofit mathematical organizations and university presses.

If there is a book published in the last quarter of the year, we encourage you to submit in one of these ways. Contact mathical@slmath.org and we are happy to assist.

• You can submit it in PDF form (knowing the printed book won’t be ready yet) — we may be able to accommodate, as the Prize is not announced until the following calendar year.
• You can bring the title to our attention and request it be considered the following year (in the next prize cycle).
• You can always submit titles (with up to a 10-year rolling look-back period) for Mathical Honor book consideration.

Publishers are eligible to submit an unlimited number of frontlist titles (published in 2024) for consideration in the 2025 Mathical Prize.

• Books must be intended for Pre-K through 12th Grade readers.
• Both fiction and nonfiction titles may be submitted.
• Textbooks, workbooks, kits, and experiment-only books are not eligible.

Self-published books are not eligible for submission.

• A single frontlist title (published in 2024) will be awarded the 2025 Mathical Book Prize annually in each of five age categories.
• Additional frontlist titles may be named as Honor Books across the same age categories.

There is no submission fee for the Mathical Book Prize.

No. See eligibility rules above.

We will utilize PDF manuscript submission for initial review for the 2025 Prize. You will be asked to submit one PDF copy of each title to an SLMath staff contact. The manuscripts will be held in strict confidence and utilized only for the purpose of Mathical Book Prize selection. SLMath will send uploading instructions to participating publishers; publishers should begin to upload manuscripts as soon as they receive the instructions. Book manuscripts must be uploaded by October 2, 2024 to be reviewed.

Early submissions are encouraged. We will notify publishers on a rolling basis whether books have made an initial screening cut. If so, we request hard-copy books to be mailed to the full committee for consideration.

Publishers will be contacted to share materials (such as high-resolution cover images) if any submissions are selected as 2025 winning titles or honor books.

The 2025 Mathical submission period (for books published in calendar year 2024) runs from August 29 through September 27, 2024. Title selection will be made in January 2025, and the public announcement of the 2025 Prize winners will take place in February 2025.

Sign up for email announcements to be notified when submissions are open each year.

The Mathical Selection Committee welcomes nominations for backlist titles from publishers, authors, and the general public. Backlist titles will be considered for the designation of Mathical Honor Books, which are included in the Mathical reading list and publicity materials. These titles must be

• Currently in print.
• Published between 2014 – 2023.
• Never previously submitted for the Mathical Book Prize.

To nominate one or more backlist titles for consideration, see the online suggestion form.