At its last meeting, The Executive Board of the Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA) resolved to establish a Best Graduate Student Essay Prize. The prize for the Best Graduate Essay on a Greek subject will be awarded on a biennial schedule to coincide with the Association's Symposium. The prize consists of a cash award of $250 and reimbursement to the prize-winner for expenses (travel and accommodations) paid out to attend the Association's Symposium. The prize winner will also be given a free one-year membership, or one-year renewal of membership, to the Association.

All disciplines of the Humanities and Social Sciences compete together. Eligibility for the prize includes all graduate students enrolled in a North American institution.

The length of submission should be between 6000 and 9000 words and must be primarily in the English language. The subject matter of submissions must deal wholly or in part with the post-Byzantine Greek world -- including Greek diasporas.

The committee charged with reviewing submissions and deciding the prize winner will be selected by the Graduate Studies Committee and will include representatives from multiple disciplines and with the participation of the Editor, or an Associate Editor, of the Journal of Modern Greek Studies. It is our expectation that the winning submission will be published in the Journal of Modern Greek Studies, but only after it has successfully passed the journal's peer review process. Other entries that receive honorable mention will also be proposed for the JMGS peer review.

The deadline for submissions shall be the same as the deadline for the John O. Iatrides Best Dissertation Prize. THE NEXT DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS 20 MAY 2007. Papers should be addressed to the Modern Greek Studies Association, Graduate Essay Prize, Graduate Studies Committee, Box 622, Kent, OH 44240.

Vangelis Calotychos & Doxis Doxiadis, Co-Chairs,

MGSA GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE