All MRDS members are urged to forward nominations for the following 2013 Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society awards:

The David Bevington Award for Best New Book in Early Drama Studies
$150 and two years membership in MRDS

The Martin Stevens Award for Best New Essay in Early Drama Studies
$100 and one year membership in MRDS

The Barbara D. Palmer Award for Best New Essay in Early Drama Archives Research
$100 and one year membership in MRDS

The Alexandra Johnston Award for Best New Conference Paper in Early Drama Studies by a Graduate Student
$100 and one year membership in MRDS

Entry Information
Deadline: February 1, 2013.
Eligibility: All MRDS members and non-members.
Judges: For each category, two MRDS Executive Council members and one non-council member of MRDS.

Submissions
For the Bevington, Palmer, and Stevens Awards: Any book or essay published within eighteen months of the deadline and judged by the committee to be of outstanding quality. Publishers, please limit submissions for the Bevington Award to two books per year. Please note: Edited collections are not eligible for the Bevington Award, but qualifying essays published in a collection may be submitted for the Stevens or Palmer Award.

For the Johnston Award: Any conference paper delivered by a graduate student within twelve months of the deadline and judged by the committee to be of outstanding quality. Entries for the Johnston Award should not exceed 5,000 words, excluding notes, and should include the name and date of the conference at which the paper was delivered and, where appropriate, the title and sponsor of the panel.

Send one copy of each book to the address below. Articles and papers may be submitted digitally, either in .pdf or .doc format via email, or on a CD-ROM. If submitted in hardcopy, send three copies of each essay or paper. Please direct all submissions to:

Professor Jesse D. Hurlbut
MRDS Vice-President
Brigham Young University
Department of French and Italian
3129 JFSB
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
jesse_hurlbut@byu.edu

Announcement of Award Winners
Awards announcement and presentation will take place during the annual MRDS business meeting in May 2013, at the 48th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Questions about the Awards
If you have questions about these awards, email MRDS Vice-President Jesse D. Hurlbut at jesse_hurlbut@byu.edu.