(Deadline: 16 May 2008)

The North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA) is now seeking
nominations for the Donald Gray Prize for best essay published in the field
of Victorian Studies.

The prize carries with it an award of USD 1000 and will be awarded to essays
that appeared in print in journals from the previous calendar year, on any
topic related to the study of Victorian Britain. (The prize is limited to
journal essays; those published in essay collections are not eligible.) The
winner will also receive complementary registration at the NAVSA conference
at which his or her award will be announced. Anyone, regardless of NAVSA
membership status, is free to nominate an essay that appeared in print
between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2007. Nominations will also be
solicited from the Advisory Board of NAVSA and the prize committee judges;
self-nominated essays are equally welcome. Authors may be from any country
and of any institutional standing.

To nominate an essay, please submit by Wednesday, 16 May 2008 (that's a
receipt deadline, not a postmark deadline): (1) a brief cover sheet with
complete address and email information for both the essay's nominator and
its author, and (2) four hard copies of the essay to the Executive Secretary
of NAVSA at the following address:

Melissa V. Gregory
Department of English
Mail Stop 925
University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio 43606

Questions may be directed to melissa.gregoryutoledo.edu.