2017 SAMLA Award Winners

SAMLA Studies Awards

Monograph – James Diedrick, Agnes Scott College

Mathilde Blind: Late Victorian Culture and the Woman of Letters

Edited Volume – Adam J. Goldwyn, North Dakota State University
and Renée Silverman, Florida International University
Mediterranean Modernism

SAR Essay Prize

V.80
Mark Osteen, Loyola University Maryland
“Alfred in Wonderland: Hitchcock through the Looking Glass”

Honorable Mention
Kamilla Elliott, Lancaster University
“Unfilmable Books”

Honorary Member Award
Natasha Trethewey, Northwestern University

Graduate Student Creative Writing Award

The categories alternate annually (Poetry in 2017, Prose in 2018).

Poetry – Chelsea Dingman, University of South Florida

Graduate Student Essay Award
Michelle Sherwin, Florida State University
“The Evolution of Foucault’s Utopic Panopticon:
Technology and the Creation of a Dystopia in Big Brother”

George Mills Harper Graduate Student Travel Fund Award

Danielle Gilman, University of Georgia
“‘The World’s Worst Failure’: Rebecca West and the New Republic”

Honorable Mention
Primavera Cuder, Florida International University
“Identidades silenciadas y auto-impuestas: mulatos y mestizos en las Tradiciones de Ricardo Palma” /
“Silent and Self-Imposed Identities: Mulattoes and Mestizos in Ricardo Palmas’ Tradiciones”

Undergraduate Essay Award
Olivia Taylor, Palm Beach Atlantic University
“Virginia Woolf and the Quest for a Woman Writer’s Utopia”

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2018 Dates to Remember

May 11: CFP Form due for listing on SAMLA's website only.

June 8: Session Information Form due: 1) contact info and abstracts for all selected panelists and 2) any A/V or scheduling requests.

June 8: Chairs/Co-Chairs must establish or update their SAMLA Membership for the conference year (2018-2019).

Please note that Membership dues are separate from the Conference Registration fee. Visit Membership Information for further details and links to the appropriate forms.