Description of the award: The award is in recognition of a published article, book chapter, or single authored book of an historical orientation on the intersection of class, race, gender, and sexuality as related to Chicana/Latina and/ Native/Indigenous women. 

Timeline: The publication must have been published in the previous year (2010) by a woman who is an ABD graduate student, pre-tenured faculty member, or an independent scholar.

Purpose of the award:  The award is designed to promote and acknowledge scholarship of an historical orientation by Chicana/Latina and/or Native/Indigenous scholars on the intersection of class, race, gender and sexuality.

Application/Nominations Process:  Both applications and nominations are encouraged. Submit  a PDF copy of the published manuscript, paper, or article and a two-page curriculum vita of the applicant or nominee.  The submission must include a short letter by the applicant or nominee addressing the merits of the article or book chapter’s contribution to the field.   Applicants are also required to solicit a letter from a third party to that effect (e.g., from an adviser, a chair, a colleague). In all cases, contact information—-email address, telephone number, mailing address—-for an applicant or a nominee must be included in the application/nomination letter.  Submissions of all materials shall be delivered electronically by the deadline directly to: CastanedaPrize@naccs.org

January 23:  Application due to NACCS at CastanedaPrize@naccs.org

February 20:  Awardee is notified by the Selection Committee

February 25:    Awardee confirms attendance at NACCS & receives travel information

Terms of the award:   A prize of $500 will be given to the awardee at the annual NACCS Conference. 

Awards Committee.  The awards committee is composed of three (3) NACCS members who work in the areas addressed by the prize.  The committee Chair is Dr. Deena J. Gonzalez.