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Beginning in 1996 the Executive Committee of CAMWS authorized a new prize, the Presidential Award for the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper at the Annual Meeting. Eligible are graduate students whose paper is accepted on the program and who will not have received their Ph.D. by the time it is read. The text of the oral talk is submitted at least one month in advance of the meeting and an ad hoc committee selects the winner. The award (with a prize of $200) is presented at the annual business meeting, even though the winner might not yet have read it by the time of the meeting.

There are two criteria for evaluation: (1) the quality of the scholarly argument, including the importance of the topic, the originality of the treatment, and the quality of mind displayed; (2) the effectiveness of an oral presentation, including the quality of the writing, good organization, and interest to an audience. Any graduate student whose abstract has been accepted by the program committee may submit a complete text of the paper for consideration for this award.

Those wishing their papers to be considered for this award should submit their completed paper to Gregory N. Daugherty no later than midnight March 15, 2008. Papers should be sent via email, but may be sent via post or fax (see below), provided that an electronic version of the paper is also provided. Since all papers will be converted to PDF before being sent to the rest of the committee, it is best to send it via email in PDF format.

Gregory N. Daugherty
Department of Classics
Randolph-Macon College
PO Box 5005
Ashland VA 23005-5505

gdaugher@rmc.edu

FAX: (804)752-7231, with "Gregory N. Daugherty" on the cover page)

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The 2007 award was shared by Johanna Hobratschk of Washington University, St. Louis for her presentation “Apulian Vase-Painting in Context: A Reconsideration of Dramatic Scenes,�? and Aaron M. Seider of the University of Chicago for “Vergil's Sixth Eclogue and Creative Freedom.�? Honorable mention went to Andrew T. Alwine of the University of Florida for his paper, “The Non-Homeric Side of the Homeric Cyclops.�?

The 2006 award was presented to John H. Henkel of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for his paper, “Provocative Enjambment in Vergil's Aeneid.�?

The 2005 award was presented to Chad Matthew Schroeder of the University of Michigan for his paper "New Inscriptions on Old Shells: Hellenistic Epigram and a New Kingdom Inscribed Fossil from Heliopolis." Honorable mentions went to three recipients: Laura Van Abbema of the University of Wisconsin: Madison for her paper "Odi / hanc ego quae ... : Juvenal's Voice and the Problematic Persona"; Gerol C. Petruzella of SUNY Buffalo for his paper "The Proper Limits of Philosophy: A Defense of Callicles"; and Cami Slotkin of Tulane University for her paper "Absence of Miasma as Proof of Innocence in Antiphon 5".

The 2004 award was presented to Christopher Lovell of the University of Texas-Austin for his paper "Aggressive Xenia : Bronze for Gold in Iliad 6". Honorable mention went to Chad Matthew Schroeder of the University of Michigan for his paper "Ascraeus Vergilius : Some Unobserved Instances of Intertexuality."

The 2003 award was presented to Mark Nugent of the University of Washington for his paper "Moralizing Loss: Dio Chrysostom and the Rhetoric of Decline."

The 2002 award was presented to Peter Anderson of the University of Cincinnati for his paper "Martial's Ideal Reader: Epigrammaton 1. praef and Moral Men."

The 2001 award was presented to Karin Halvorsen of the University of Arizona for her paper "Masters of Metal: The Influence of Macedonian Metal Vases on Ceramics."

The 2000 award was presented to Julie Langford-Johnson of Indiana University, Bloomington, for her paper "Brothels, Booze, and Back Allies? Reexamining the Moral Topography of Pompeii."

The 1999 award was presented to Chad Turner of Loyola University of Chicago, for his paper "Tegeans vs. Athenians, Herodotus vs. Plutarch: Reassessing the Historicity of Aristides 12."

The 1998 award was presented to Lisa A. Hughes of Indiana University for her paper "The Amiternum Reliefs: A Re-Evaluation of the Role of Freedmen Outside of Rome."

The 1997 award was presented to James Whelton of Loyola University of Chicago for his paper "Sexual Fidelity of Female Slaves and the Stability of the Oikos in Homer's Odyssey."

The 1996 award was presented to Hugh Cayless of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for his paper "Ovid and Augustus Tonans."