The J. Warren Nystrom Award is an annual prize for a paper based upon a recent dissertation in geography. Papers must be presented at the upcoming AAG Annual Meeting. Eligibility for this competition is restricted to AAG members who have received the Ph.D. degree since April 1, 2022 and who have been members of the AAG for 2022, 2023 and 2024. The committee will select papers to be included in a special Nystrom Award session or sessions at the AAG Annual Meeting. Unless authors indicate otherwise, papers not selected for the final competition will be included in appropriate sessions of the Annual Meeting program. Authors who have submitted a paper to the Nystrom competition may not also enter it in a different paper session at the Annual Meeting, as this contravenes the one-paper-per-person limit. Authors should submit a different paper for a regular paper session and they are expected to forego the regular paper session, if they are selected to present as a finalist in the Nystrom session. The paper must be submitted with the following parts in this order: (a) an abstract; (b) the paper text; (c) cited references; and (d) acknowledgements (optional). A co-authored paper is acceptable according to the following criteria: the applicant must provide a separate statement that details the degree and depth of their contribution to the research being presented in the paper, and the applicant must also state what role they had in the writing of the paper itself. A letter of endorsement from your graduate advisor that verifies the relationship of the paper to your dissertation work is required. The endorsement letter should also address why the advisor believes the applicant's work is deserving of an award as prestigious as the J.W. Nystrom Award. Please visit the award's website or contact the American Association of Geographers for more information.