Announcing the 2006 Mary Nell Kivikko Excellence in Scholarship Award
Sponsored by the North Texas Writing Centers Association

The North Texas Writing Centers Association is now accepting entries for the 2006 Mary Nell Kivikko Excellence in Scholarship Award. The award is open to all writing center professional staff, graduate tutors, and undergraduate peer tutors in the South Central Writing Center Association region (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana). Those eligible must have a paper in the subject area of writing center theory and practice accepted for presentation to a professional conference during the 2005-2006 academic year.

The paper based on the winning proposal will be presented at the NTWCA Spring Conference to be held April 7, 2006, at the Langdon Center in Granbury, Texas. The winner will receive a $150 honorarium upon presentation of the paper.

The 250-word abstract of the entry should include a title and the name and contact information of the presenter. Please submit entries to Dave Kuhne (d.kuhne@tcu.edu), Contest Coordinator, by January 27, 2006. Electronic submissions only please.