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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">"Damerow, Ryan" <rdamerow@middlebury.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, June 21, 2021 at 4:00 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>2022 TIRF Alatis Prize Competition Now Open<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">*Apologies for cross-posting* </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Colleague,  </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education – established the TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research on Language Policy and Planning in
 Educational Contexts to honor the contributions of our outstanding educator and association founder and leader to the field. With this message, we are inviting nominations for the
<b>2022 TIRF Alatis Prize competition</b>. Nominations are due <b><u>October 1, 2021</u></b>. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For this year’s prize, we invite nominations of outstanding articles or chapters that were published during calendar years of 2020 or 2021.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Advanced publications and/or online publications that were first released in 2019 but later published in print in 2020 may also be nominated.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">TIRF will only consider publications nominated by someone other than the author(s) of the published work. Individuals may only nominate one article/chapter per competition year. An author
 may have only one article/chapter under review per competition year. TIRF Trustees are ineligible to be nominated for the Alatis Prize. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A prize of $500 will be awarded for an article or chapter published in English and dealing with some aspect of language policy or planning in educational contexts. Submissions
 may be articles published in scholarly peer-reviewed journals or peer-reviewed chapters in edited books. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For more information about TIRF’s Alatis Prize, further details pertaining to important dates, and to learn about the nomination procedures, please visit
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/grants-prizes/alatis-prize/">https://www.tirfonline.org/grants-prizes/alatis-prize/</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.
 Information about the TIRF Alatis Prize recipients can be found at the links provided below. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please help us by sharing this news via your organizational mailing list(s) and/or with anyone who may have interest in nominating a paper for the TIRF Alatis Prize. Many
 thanks for your support! </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kind regards,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ryan Damerow </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Chief Operating Officer, TIRF  </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">TIRF Alatis Prize Recipients</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2021:
<a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/2021/01/dr-kate-seltzer-selected-as-2021-tirf-alatis-prize-recipient/">
Kate Seltzer</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2020:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/2019/12/dr-nicholas-limerick-selected-as-2020-tirf-alatis-prize-recipient/">Nicholas Limerick</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2019:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/2018/12/dr-nelson-flores-dr-sofia-chaparro-selected-as-2019-tirf-alatis-prize-co-recipients/">Nelson Flores & Sofía Chaparro</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
2018: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/2017/11/dr-sara-kangas-selected-as-2018-tirf-alatis-prize-recipient/">Sara Kangas</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
2017: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/2017/01/tirf-announces-2017-alatis-prize-recipient/">Katherine Mortimer</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
2016: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/2016/02/announcing-tirfs-inaugural-alatis-prize-awardee/">Shondel Nero</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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