The Graduate Student Essay Prize seeks to honor a graduate student for excellence in scholarly presentation. Nominations are welcome from session chairs or attendees who have identified a graduate student presenting an exceptional paper at the annual SAMLA Convention. The prize includes a $250 honorarium, a complimentary convention registration for the year following the presentation, and the selected paper will be printed in South Atlantic Review. A nomination is made by completing a nomination form and forwarding it to the SAMLA office. Nominations are accepted after the convention through March 15 th. The SAMLA office will correspond with nominees to request a copy of the paper for review by the Graduate Student Essay Prize Committee. (A finalized paper must be submitted by March 31 st.) The winning submission is determined by a blind review by the Graduate Student Prize Selection Committee. The winner will be announced in August and the award will be given at the convention the year following the paper presentation.

Questions and nominations should be directed to the SAMLA office in Atlanta c/o Lara Smith, Business Manager, at engljs@langate.gsu.edu by March 15th; the nominee will be requested to submit a finalized paper by than March 31st.