The International Ovidian Society announces its W.S. Anderson Graduate Student Paper Prize, to be awarded to the author of the best paper on Ovid and/or his reception submitted to the Selection Committee. Authors must be in an MA or PhD program, but anyone may nominate papers, and self-nominations are strongly encouraged. Submitted papers must be scripts of 15- to 30-minute oral presentations delivered at academic conferences or meetings that took place in the academic year prior to the award. Any paper delivered between September 1, 2025, and August 31, 2026, will be eligible for this year’s award. The submission deadline is November 8, 2026.

Submissions should include, in an email: 1) The presenter’s name, affiliation, and email address; 2) brief details about the conference submission; and 3) an attached copy of the paper and attendant handout or PowerPoint presentation. Neither the paper nor any other supporting documents should contain any information that would identify the author. Papers may be submitted in any language. Submissions will be reviewed blind by a joint committee of faculty and graduate students. The award will be presented at the Business Meeting of the IOS during the SCS meeting in Boston, January 2027.

Please send submissions by November 8, 2026, to the IOS Secretary, Daniel Libatique, at dlibatique@fairfield.edu.

Please direct questions to the IOS Graduate Liaison, Jose Romero, at jmr2337@columbia.edu.