The late Betty Moys MBE, distinguished indexer and formerly the Society’s Honorary Treasurer, left a generous legacy to the Society to provide an annual prize for a new indexer. The prize has been presented since 2002 to the best newly Accredited Indexer in the calendar year. The legacy itself is now at an end, but the Executive Board has decided to continue the award, and from 2012 the winner has received a year’s free Society membership, along with a Certificate. Certificates are also be presented to runners up.
All candidates who successfully complete the Training Course between 1 January and 31 December, based on the marking date of the Practical Indexing Assignment, are automatically considered. The successful candidate will have received high marks in all the test papers; the comments of Markers and Practical Indexing Assignment Advisers are also taken into consideration. The selection is made by the Training Course Committee and announced at the annual conference.
Recipients
| Year | Recipient(s) |
| 2020 | Graine Milner |
| Highly commended Anna Lord | |
| 2019 | Melina Costi |
| Highly commended Dino Costi and Non Lowri Evans | |
| 2018 | Angela Page and Helen Taylor |
| 2017 | No winner |
| Highly commended Tanya Izzard | |
| 2016 | Tessa Botha and Jan Heaton |
| 2015 | Mhairi Gray |
| Highly commended: Jim Shine | |
| 2014 | No winner |
| Highly commended: Philippa Jevons | |
| 2013 | Melanie Gee and Cheryl Hunston |
| 2012 | No winner |
| Highly commended (in alphabetical order): Barbara Spina; Fiona Stables | |
| 2011 | Lucy Leicester |
| Highly commended (in alphabetical order): Cathryn Pritchard; Janice Rayment | |
| 2010 | Marie-Pierre Evans |
| 2009 | Sanet Le Roux |
| 2008 | John Wintrip |
| 2007 | Roger Bennett |
| 2006 | Amanda Jones |
| 2005 | Christopher Phipps |
| 2004 | Pauline Davis, Sue Edwards and Louise Secker |
| 2003 | Jonathan Marriott |
| 2002 | Mary Jane Steer |
