The Corlis Benefideo Award for Imaginative Cartography, sponsored by the 
North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS), is open for 
nominations. The biennial award will be presented at NACIS's annual 
conference in Minneapolis in October 2015.

First presented in 2013, the Corlis Benefideo Award recognizes 
map-makers who venture into the world of the possible while grounding 
themselves in modern cartography's insistence on objectivity and the 
depiction of fact. Some explore real places from perspectives that allow 
us to see the world fresh and full of possibility. Others take our 
established traditions of map-making and turn them on their heads, or 
make them into a mirror so we can see ourselves anew. Still others push 
the limits of new technology to change the definitions of maps 
themselves. This award recognizes this work, the perspective it brings 
to the field of cartography, and the contributions it makes to the world 
as a whole.

Members and non-members of NACIS are eligible to nominate.

Further information and an online nomination form are available at: 
http://nacis.org/cbaward
Send nominations or any followup questions to the award committee at: 
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Nominations are due March 15, 2015