The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies announces its annual Frederick A. Cervantes Student Premio. NACCS seeks submissions from Undergraduate and Graduate scholars. Submissions must contribute to Chicana and Chicano Studies, an interdisciplinary area of study. Papers will be judged on: their contribution to the field of Chicana and Chicano Studies; strength of scholarship (e.g., how well researched and/or theoretically well-developed they are); and originality. Composition and style will also be considered. The Premio carries a monetary honorarium of $350.00, the opportunity to submit the paper for publication review in the NACCS proceedings, and the opportunity to present the paper at the annual meetings.

COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS
Participants must be enrolled at an institution of higher education and be members of NACCS. To join the association, completed a membership submission.

FOUR copies of the manuscript must be submitted. One copy should include a cover page with your name, address, telephone number, and institutional affiliation. All copies must indicate UNDERGRADUATE or GRADUATE submission. The remaining copies must only have a cover page with the title and student designation. Authors must follow appropriate writing manual guidelines, e.g. APA, MLA or Chicago Manual of Style. Papers must be fully referenced, typed, double-spaced and use a 12 pt. Times New Roman font. Manuscript must not exceed 25 pages.

Any submission received that does not meet the above specifications will be automatically disqualified.

Notification will be issued prior to the conference. Awards will be announced during the NACCS 2008 conference. We encourage students to seek faculty mentorship in preparing their papers. Please contact Dr. Julia Curry-Rodriguez, NACCS Executive Director, if you have any questions about the guidelines or how to seek mentorship in preparing your submissions.

Submissions must be postmarked by October 11, 2008. Papers postmarked after this date will not be considered nor returned. Since our mailing address is a P.O. Box address, no "overnight" delivery service will accept to deliver the pack other than the U.S. Postal Service.  However, since items must only be POSTMARKED overnight delivery should not be needed.

Send FOUR copies of your paper to:

NACCS Cervantes Premio
P.O. Box 720052
San Jose, CA 95172-0052

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This award is named for Frederick A. Cervantes, one of the first Chicano political scientists and a pioneer in the development of Chicano Studies. The award honors him for his scholarly work and for his commitment to students and student research.  Cervantes was a member of NACS [sic] in early years of the association. Cervantes received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1976. His dissertation was entitled "An interpretation of J.V. Stalin's political thought." Originally from Texas, Cervantes returned to Corpus Christie where he held a faculty position at the University. On March 22, 1986, he was killed by a drunk driver in a motorcycle accident.
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Past Recipients
2008: Alvaro Huerta, University of California, Berkeley - Graduate.
Joaquin Castañeda, California State University, Sacramento - Undergraduate.

2007: Roberto Hernandez, University of California, Berkeley - Graduate.
Undergraduate Recipient not awarded.

2006: Norma Cardenas, University of Texas at San Antonio - Graduate. “The Bitter Food of the Aztecs:  Food and Gender Colonialism during the Spanish Conquest.”
Miriam Solis, University of California, Berkeley - Undergraduate. “Islands in the City:  Maintaining Social Inequality through Annexation in Modesto, California.”

2005: Marie Sarita Gaytan, University of California, Santa Cruz - Graduate. "From Sombreros to Sincronziadea: Authenticity, Ethnicity, and Representation in the Mexican Restaurant Industy."
Arlene Carrasco, University of California, Irvine - Undergraduate. "Mental Health Perceptions and Help-Seeking Behaviors Amongst the Mexican-American Community.

2004: Ricardo Larios, Oregon State University – Undergraduate. "Ay dolor, ya me volviste a dar: Loss and Cultural Mourning among Mexican-orgin Immigrants to Oregon."
Ann Marie Leimer, University of Texas, Austin – Graduate. "Remembering the Body: Constructing Spiritual Genealogy, Collective Memory, and Lost Histories in Delilah Montoya's Codex Delilah."

2003: Nicole Guidotti-Hernández, Cornell University - Graduate. "Stripping The Body of Flesh and Memory: Reading Torture and Violence in Montserrat Fontes' Dreams of the Centaur."
Robert L Hernandez, III, University of Colorado at Boulder - Undergraduate. "A Window into a Life Uncloseted: Exploring U.S. Queer Latino Cultural Readership and Film Culture."

2002: José Angel Hernández, University of Chicago - Graduate.
Corina Vasaure, California State University, Chico - Undergraduate.

2001: Elizabeth de la Portilla, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Graduate. "La Planta es la vida: Plants and curanderismo on San Antonio's Westside."
Yvette J. Saavedra, Pitzer College - Undergraduate. "Chicana Schism: The Relationship between Chicana Feminists and Chicana Feminist Leaders."

2000: Horacio N. Roque Ramirez, University of California, Berkeley - Graduate. "Gender, Sexuality, and Transnational Community Migrations: The ‘Local Third World’ and San Francisco’s Gay Latino Alliance."

1998: Raul Coronado, Jr., Stanford University - Graduate. "Selena's Good Buy: Texas Mexicans, History, and Selena Meet Transnational Capitalism."
Ernesto Martinez, Stanford University - Undergraduate. "Movement Towards Movement: Latina Lesbians and the Value of Alternative Social Locations."

1995: Susan Green, University of MInnesota - Graduate.
Raul Coronado, Jr., University of Texas, Austin - Undergraduate. What does that make me?": Towards a Cultural History of Queer Chicano Sexuality."

1993: Nancey K. Cardona, Indiana University - Graduate.
Cristina Pérez, University of California, Berkeley - Undergraduate.

1992:Aurora Santillan, University of California, Santa Barbara - Undergraduate. "Creating a Working Class Consciousness: Mexican Women of the Farah Strike, 1972-1974."
Anna Maria Martinez, University of California, Berkeley - Graduate. "Suspect but Not Silent: Law School Chicana Style."