Call for Lifetime Achievement Award – SSAWW 2025

The Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) was founded in 2000 in order to promote the study of American women writers through research, teaching, and publication. In support of that mission, the three awards were established in 2011 to honor the work and legacies of the Society’s founding members and to further SSAWW’s goals to broaden knowledge among academics as well as the general public about American women writers, past and present. As we begin preparations for the 2025 SSAWW conference in Philadelphia, this is a call for submissions for our 2025 SSAWW Awards. 

Lifetime Achievement Award: 

The Karen Dandurand Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded every conference year at the Society for the Study of American Women Writers’ conference to recognize a scholar’s career achievement in the study of American women writers. The award recognizes the individual’s commitment to the field, as demonstrated in her/his/their undergraduate and/or graduate teaching, mentoring of undergraduate and/or graduate students, scholarship, and service. The award is named in honor of Karen Dandurand, who passed away in 2011. She was one of the founding editors of Legacy and was an active member of SSAWW, serving as the Vice President of Development from 2004 to 2009. Nominators should submit a CV and brief (250 to 500 word) letter of support in one PDF file to the Lifetime Achievement Award  Chair: Dr. Jennifer Putzi at jlputz@wm.edu, by June 1st, 2025. She will distribute all nominations to the committee members.