2017 Graduate Student Essay Award

SAMLA is pleased to accept nominations of outstanding graduate student presentations given at the previous year's SAMLA Convention (SAMLA 88 in Jacksonville). The Graduate Student Essay Award includes a $250 honorarium, publication in the South Atlantic Review, and complementary conference registration for SAMLA 89 in Atlanta (Nov. 3-5, 2017).

Nominations have closed. Thank you to everyone who participated. Awards will be announced by August 31, 2017.

Please contact Dan Abitz at samla@gsu.edu or 404.413.5816 with any questions.

2016 Graduate Student Essay Award Winner
Cheryl Emerson, University of Buffalo
"My skin is black upon me": Toni Morrison's A Mercy and the Question of a Female Job
Presented in Voices: Orchestration, Dissonance, and Double Discourse in Multi-Ethnic Literature
Chair: Gema Ortega, Dominican University

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2017 Dates to Remember

June 9^thDeadline for submitting the Session Information Form (including A/V requirements, panelists' contact information and paper titles).

June 9^th
Membership renewal paperwork due from chairs. Renewal information is available on the Membership Information page.

June 23^rd
Harper Fund Graduate Student Travel Fund applications due to SAMLA office. Application form is available here.

July 14^th
Deadline for submitting to the General Call for Papers.

August 18^th
Draft of SAMLA 89 Conference Schedule published to website for participant review.

August 31^st
Membership paperwork for panelists due. New and renewal information is available on the Membership Information page.

September 8^thDeadline for the Undergraduate Research Forum Session Information Form.

September 22^nd
Early Conference
Registration Deadline
All participants will be required to have a conference year (2017–18) SAMLA membership and to register for the conference. Membership information is available here, and conference registration here.