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The Anthropology and Environment Society (AES) of the American Anthropological Association is pleased to announce the 2019&#160;Junior&#160;Scholar&#160;Award&#160;competition.&#160;This award is made each year at the American Anthropology Association’s annual meeting.The award is for early-career&#160;scholars&#160;who are untenured and/or within five years of having obtained a Ph.D.&#160;The purpose of this $250 award is to encourage talented&#160;junior&#160;scholars&#160;to continue working in the domain of anthropology and environment by recognizing their exemplary&#160;scholarship. Judging will be based on a refereed journal article published in the last two calendar years (2018-2019), which must be at least in galley&#160;or page-proof stage of publication. Co-authored papers are acceptable, but the nominee must be the lead author.We invite anthropologists and colleagues in other disciplines to nominate candidates for the award based on their knowledge of the field and the work of&#160;junior&#160;scholars. Authors are also invited to nominate one of their own articles.Nominated articles should be sent to Dana E. Powell (powellde@appstate.edu)together with brief memos that nominate the author(s) and identify the key contributions and qualities of the nominated work.&#160; The deadline is&#160;October 13, 2019&#160;and the award will be&#160;announced at the AAA Annual Meeting.