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• Dawn Lundy Martin, 2008 winner of an Academy of Arts and Sciences Poetry Prize.  The award, presented for the first time this year, recognizes emerging poets of exceptional promise and distinguished achievement.   It was established to honor the memory of May Sarton, a poet, novelist and teacher who during her career encouraged the work of young poets.    The award carries a $2,000 honorarium and the opportunity to have her work published in Daedalus, the academy’s journal.  
  
  
• Fiore Pugliano has been awarded the 2009 Ampco-Pittsburgh Prize for Excellence in Advising.  
   
  
• The Association of Departments of English (ADE) will present the Francis Andrew March Award to Dave Bartholomae at the 2008 MLA Convention in San Francisco. The award, named for the first professor of English in America, honors exceptional service to the profession, both at the level of the institution and also across the range of the ADE and MLA communities.
  
  
• Congratulations to Nancy Glazener.   Her essay, “Benjamin Franklin and the Limits of Secular Society,” has been awarded the 2008 Foerster Prize for the Best Essay in American Literature.”  The award is given for “field-shaping” essays; previous winners include Michael Warner, Carla Kaplan and Lauren Berlant.  The award will be presented, with a citation, at the MLA convention in San Francisco, December 28th, 5:15 pm.
  
  
• Lynn Emanuel has been named the 2009 Elliston Distinguished Poet-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati.  She will receive an award of $20,000.00.  In addition to teaching an intensive five week course for graduate students at the McMicken School of Arts and Sciences, Emanuel will give a poetry reading and two public presentations.
  
  
• http://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/?p=1823
  Toi Derricotte will receive a Sankofa Award from the University of Pittsburgh African American Alumni Council at this year’s Homecoming, on Sunday, October 26th, at the downtown Hilton. The award honors members of the University community who have provided outstanding support and service to students of African descent.