<html><body><p dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif">Every year the American Dialect Society makes monetary awards to honor worthy members and students. Please take part to make sure we recognize our worthy best.</font></p><p dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Travel grants for students</b>: Four travel grants of $1000 each will be awarded at the meeting to students whose papers or posters have been chosen for the program. Nominations from the student’s advisory or other professor in the form of a letter to ADS Vice President and Program Chair, Joe Salmons <a href="mailto:jsalmons@wisc.edu">jsalmons@wisc.edu</a>. The <b>deadline for nominations is Thursday, October 30, 2025</b>. Nominations will not be accepted after this date.<br></font></p><p dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Travel grant for an ADS member</b>: The annual Audrey Duckert Memorial Travel Award of $1000 to attend the Annual Meeting will be given to an ADS member. Audrey Duckert was a long-time member of ADS and co-founder of the Dictionary of American Regional English. The recipient will be chosen by ADS President, Patricia Cukor-Avila <a href="mailto:jsalmons@wisc.edu">patricia.cukor-avila@unt.edu</a>. Applications in the form of a letter to President Cukor-Avila are <b>due Thursday, October 30, 2025</b>. Applications sent after this date will not be considered.</font></p><p dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Presidential Honorary Membership Award</b>: American Dialect Society members are invited to nominate outstanding students for a Presidential Honorary Membership. Each year the American Dialect Society president awards three of these memberships. The award includes four years of complimentary membership and recognition at the ADS 2026 annual breakfast where recipients can attend free of charge as honored guests of ADS. Any student, graduate or undergraduate, is eligible. Any American Dialect Society member may nominate a candidate by sending an explanatory letter of recommendation to American Dialect Society President Patricia Cukor-Avila: <a href="mailto:Patricia.Cukor-Avila@unt.edu">Patricia.Cukor-Avila@unt.edu</a>. Relevant attachments may be included with the recommendation. The <b>deadline for nominations is Thursday, October 30, 2025</b>. Nominations received after this date will not be accepted.</font></p><p dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Best poster Award</b>: ADS will give an award for the best poster presentation by a student. The selection criteria will include research excellence, exemplification of the Society’s mission, depth and thoroughness of analysis, innovation, style, anticipated impact, and social relevance. The recipient of the award will be decided by a committee consisting of the Vice President and two other members of the Executive Committee. The recipient will receive $100 and a year’s free membership in the ADS.</font></p><p dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>The Roger Shuy Best Paper of the Year in American Speech Award:</b> This award honors the author(s) of the most significant paper to appear in the American Dialect Society’s journal, American Speech, in the previous year. The selection criteria for the award will be the following: research excellence, exemplification of the mission of the journal, depth and thoroughness of the analysis, innovation, style, anticipated impact, and social relevance. The recipient of the award will be decided by a committee consisting of the Society’s president, its past president, the editor of American Speech, and the managing and associate editors of the journal’s pedagogical section. The award has been funded by Professor Roger Shuy. The recipient will receive a $100 award, presented at the ADS annual breakfast, where the recipient can attend free of charge as an honored guest of ADS.</font></p><p dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><br>Best wishes,</font></p><p dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif">Grant Barrett<br>American Dialect Society<br>Vice President of Communications and Technology<br><a href="http://www.americandialect.org">http://www.americandialect.org</a><br><a href="mailto:grantbarrett@gmail.com">grantbarrett@gmail.com</a></font><br></p></body></html>