The ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SLAVIC STUDIES invites nominations for the 2003 Heldt Prizes for works of scholarship and translation, which will be awarded at the AWSS meeting at the AAASS National Convention in Toronto in November 2003. To be eligible for nomination, all books and articles for the following prize categories must be published between 31 May 2002 and 31 May 2003.

1) Best book in Slavic/East European/Eurasian women's studies

2) Best article in Slavic/East European/Eurasian women's studies

3) Best book by a woman in any area of Slavic/East European/Eurasian studies.

One may nominate works in more than one category, and more than one item in each category. Articles included in collections will be considered for the "Best Article" prize only if they are individually nominated. To nominate any work, please send or request that the publisher send one copy to each of the four members of the Prize Committee:

Professor Julie Brown, Sociology Department, P.O. Box 26170, UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27420-6170

Professor Anastasia Karakasidou, Department of Anthropology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481

Professor Natasha Kolchevska, University of New Mexico, Foreign Languages and Literatures, 229 Ortega Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131

Professor Karen Petrone, Department of History, 1715 Patterson Office Tower, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0027

DEADLINE FOR ALL NOMINATIONS -- JUNE 15, 2003.