[Ads-l] Make Nominations for American Dialect Society Annual Awards

[Grant Barrett]

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.

*Travel grants for students*: 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 jsalmons at wisc.edu. The *deadline for nominations is Thursday,
October 30, 2025*. Nominations will not be accepted after this date.

*Travel grant for an ADS member*: 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 patricia.cukor-avila at unt.edu
<jsalmons at wisc.edu>. Applications in the form of a letter to President
Cukor-Avila are *due Thursday, October 30, 2025*. Applications sent after
this date will not be considered.

*Presidential Honorary Membership Award*: 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:
Patricia.Cukor-Avila at unt.edu. Relevant attachments may be included with the
recommendation. The *deadline for nominations is Thursday, October 30, 2025*.
Nominations received after this date will not be accepted.

*Best poster Award*: 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.

*The Roger Shuy Best Paper of the Year in American Speech Award:* 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.


Best wishes,

Grant Barrett
American Dialect Society
Vice President of Communications and Technology
http://www.americandialect.org
grantbarrett at gmail.com

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