Important Information:

• To preserve time for discussion, CEA limits presentations to 15 minutes . 
• Notifications of proposal status will be sent around December 5, 2008.
• All presenters must join CEA by January 1, 2009 to appear on the program. 
• No one may read more than one paper at the conference.
• CEA does not sponsor or fund travel or underwrite participant costs.

CEA Best Graduate Student Paper Award :
Graduate Students may submit their conference presentation for the CEA Best Graduate Student Paper Award, which carries a small prize.  Information on how to submit a paper will be sent to accepted panelists after the membership deadline. Graduate students are asked to identify themselves in their proposals so that information may be sent.

James R. Bennett Award for Literature and Peace:

A prize of $250 dollars may be awarded annually for a paper or project that contributes significantly, through action or understanding, to the prospect of living in harmony with the Earth and humankind.

Papers must conform to CEA submission deadlines. Submissions may be nominated by the presenter in advance of the conference or by any session chair by providing by Friday evening of the conference a copy of a paper to the CEA Peace Panel organizer.

Each submission will be read by a panel of three judges: the panel organizer, the current CEA president, and the CEA Critic editor or one representative selected by each. The prize winning entry will be considered for publication in the CEA Critic, and self-nomination presumes submission.

If no entry is deemed exceptionally noteworthy, the judges may refrain from naming a recipient. Although papers or projects must be presented at the CEA annual conference, the recipients need not be present at the All-Conference Luncheon to receive the award.

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For program scheduling questions, contact Miles Kimball, Program Chair, Texas Tech University, kimball@ttu.edu .

For general conference information , contact Charles A. S. Ernst, Executive Director—CEA Headquarters, Department of Arts and Sciences, Hilbert College, 5200 South Park Avenue, Hamburg, NY 14075 (716-649-7900, ext. 315), cernst@hilbert.edu .

For CEA membership , contact Joseph Pestino, CEA Treasurer—Membership Center, Department of English, Nazareth College of Rochester, 4245 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618; phone (585-389-2645), jpestin5@naz.edu .