Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, and the AATSP, the American Association of Spanish and Portuguese, announce their 15th annual
Mario Vargas Llosa Award
https://sigmadeltapi.org/blog/awards/premio-mario-vargas-llosa/
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granted yearly to one undergraduate Spanish major or minor who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in all upper-division courses completed and exemplary involvement in extra-curricular activities as related to Spanish.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
- Nominee must be a full-time undergraduate student;
- Nominee must have completed at least six (6) upper-division courses (post intermediate level) total in Spanish language, literature and culture; at least half of ALL these upper-division courses completed must have earned grades (not “Pass/Fail”)
- Nominee must be a member of Sigma Delta Pi;
- Nominator must be a member of the AATSP;
- The completed “Nomination Form” (https://sigmadeltapi.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-sdp-aatsp-premiomariovargasllosa-nom-form.doc) and all specified supporting materials must be submitted via e-mail by April 15, 2025. Incomplete nominations will be disqualified.
Selection of the 2025 award will be made by a committee comprising leaders from both Sigma Delta Pi and the AATSP with Sigma Delta Pi’s Executive Director serving as chair.
Nominees will be selected on academic achievement in all upper-division Spanish courses completed and extra-curricular involvement as related to Spanish.
Sigma Delta Pi will provide the 2025 Mario Vargas Llosa Award recipient the most recent issue of the María Moliner Diccionario de uso de español and one of Vargas Llosa’s novels; the AATSP will provide complimentary conference registration, and organize and host the award venue at its 2025 conference in Panama City, Panama. Vista Higher Learning and the AATSP will provide a travel stipend to defer costs related to attending the conference. The awardee will be announced prior to the AATSP Conference.