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Dear American Dialect Society Members,</div>
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A reminder that nominations and applications for the Presidential Honorary Membership awards and the Annual Meeting travel grants are due in a little over two weeks (<b>Friday, October 30, 2026</b>). More information about each award and how to submit your
nomination or application can be found below. Please especially consider nominating your outstanding students, graduate or undergraduate, for the travel grants and Presidential Honorary Membership awards! </div>
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<b>NOMINATIONS & APPLICATIONS FOR AWARDS (all due Friday, October 30, 2026)</b></div>
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<b>Travel grants for students:</b> Four travel grants of $1000 each will be awarded to students whose papers or posters have been chosen for the program. Nominations from the student’s advisor or other professor in the form of a letter to ADS Vice President
and Program Chair Anne Curzan (<span style="color: rgb(2, 57, 176);"><a href="mailto:acurzan@umich.edu" id="OWA26268b8e-6385-6dff-b905-113da251ead4" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:acurzan@umich.edu" data-linkindex="0" data-outlook-id="d393ce19-d05f-41c6-bf89-f1ea4d781ae5" style="color: rgb(2, 57, 176); margin: 0px;"><u>acurzan@umich.edu</u></a></span>),
are due by <b>Friday,</b> <b>October 30, 2026</b>. Nominations will not be accepted after this date.</p>
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<b>Travel grant for an American Dialect Society 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
<i>Dictionary of American Regional English</i>. The recipient will be chosen by ADS President Joe Salmons (<span style="color: rgb(2, 57, 176);"><a href="mailto:jsalmons@wisc.edu" id="OWA6d8d660a-50c1-491d-da9f-31f19e3743d0" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:jsalmons@wisc.edu" data-linkindex="1" data-outlook-id="9603b836-1c03-4527-8bb1-ffe3af498d38" style="color: rgb(2, 57, 176); margin: 0px;"><u>jsalmons@wisc.edu</u></a></span>).
Applications in the form of a letter to President Salmons are due by <b>Friday,</b> <b>October 30, 2026</b>. Applications sent after this date will not be considered.</p>
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<b>Presidential Honorary Membership Awards: </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 2027 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 ADS President Joe Salmons (<span style="color: rgb(2, 57, 176);"><a href="mailto:jsalmons@wisc.edu" id="OWA51ca450e-4418-76fe-e95b-8ab47675d41d" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:jsalmons@wisc.edu" data-linkindex="2" data-outlook-id="5c29a2b0-46c5-4f42-b7c7-be2d54490ef1" style="color: rgb(2, 57, 176); margin: 0px;"><u>jsalmons@wisc.edu</u></a></span>).
Relevant attachments may be included with the recommendation. Nominations received after
<b>Friday,</b> <b>October 30, 2026</b>, will not be accepted.</p>
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