Donald Gray Prize
The winner of the annual Donald Gray Prize will be announced at the 2005 conference banquet in Charlottesville, Virginia
Graduate Paper Prize
The annual NAVSA Graduate Award recognizes the best paper submitted by a graduate student for the annual NAVSA conference. Graduate students whose proposals have been accepted for the conference may submit their papers to the Conference Committee by October 10 for the competition. Please submit essays by e-mail attachment (in MS-Word, pdf, or rtf) to Melissa Valiska Gregory at:
The winning paper will be selected according to the same criteria as the Gray Award: 1) Potential significance for Victorian studies; 2) Quality and depth of scholarly research and interpretation; 3) Clarity and effectiveness of presentation. The judges will choose one essay for the award and may also choose two honorary runners-up. A decision will be made by the time of the Winter newsletter. The Award winner will receive $250 and a year's free NAVSA membership (including a subcription to Victorian Studies). If the judges are deadlocked, the final decision will be made by the NAVSA Executive Committee.
NAVSA's Executive Council and Advisory Board are particularly concerned with helping students who have no support for conference attendance from their institutions or other sources; who incur substantial costs for travel to and from the convention; and who have not received travel reimbursement from NAVSA in a prior year. If you are interested in being considered for the NAVSA travel grant (four awards of $100 each), please fill out our online application by August 15:
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/engl/navsa//Prizes/TravelGrantPrize.cfm
Applicants must have paid NAVSA dues for this year.
Deadline: August 15, 2005.