Premio Mario Vargas Llosa
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. This is a joint award of Sigma Delta Pi and the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

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(Awardee)		 Universidad
(college or university)		 Año (year)
Juan Esteban Villegas Montclair State University 2011

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  1. Nominee must be a full-time undergraduate student;
  2. Nominee must have completed at least eight (8) upper-division courses (post intermediate level) total in Spanish language, literature and culture;
  3. Nominee must be a member of Sigma Delta Pi;
  4. Nominator must be a member of the AATSP;
  5. The completed "Nomination Form," "Justification Form" and all specified supporting materials must be submitted via e-mail by May 1, 2012.  Incomplete nominations will be disqualified.

Selection of the 2012 award will be made by a committee comprising Executive Council Members from both Sigma Delta Pi and the AATSP with Sigma Delta Pi’s Executive Director serving as chair.

Nominees will be selected upon the basis of academic achievement in all upper-division courses completed and extra-curricular involvement as related to Spanish.

Sigma Delta Pi will provide the 2012 Mario Vargas Llosa Award recipient with a plaque, the most recent issue of the Maria Moliner Diccionario de uso de español and one of Vargas Llosa’s novels. The AATSP will organize and host the award venue at their 2012 conference in Puerto Rico.  The awardee will be announced prior to the AATSP Conference.

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: May 1, 2012