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The American Philological Association (APA) will present the following awards for 2012 at the Plenary Session of its 144th Annual Meeting in Seattle

Distinguished Service Awards (awarded occasionally for extraordinary service to the profession of classics and the American Philological Association)
Ward W. Briggs, Jr., University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
David H. Porter, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Michael C. J. Putnam, Brown University, Providence, RI

Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit (for an outstanding contribution to classical scholarship published by a member of the Association within the preceding three years)
Leslie Kurke, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Aesopic Conversations (Princeton University Press)

Outreach Prize(for outstanding projects or events by an APA member or members that make an aspect of classical antiquity available and attractive to an audience other than classics scholars or students in their courses)
James T. Svendsen, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, Classical Greek Theatre Festival of Utah

Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics at the College Level
John Gruber-Miller, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA

Awards for Excellence in Precollegiate Teaching
Nora MacDonald, Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA
Lee T. Pearcy, The Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square, PA

The Plenary Session will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 5, 2013, in the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. In the announcement above click on the name of each awardee to read the citation for him or her. Click on the link to the name of each award to read its selection criteria and to find a link to a list of previous recipients.