Every year, ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages  
(SIGPLAN)
     names a distinguished member of the PL community as recipient of
     the Programming Language Achievement Award.  Nominations for this  
award close on
     5th January.

     The Programming Languages Achievement Award is given to recognize
     an individual (or individuals) who has made a significant and
     lasting contribution to the field of programming languages. The
     contribution can be a single event or a life-time of
     achievement. The award includes a prize of $5,000.  Recent
     recipients of the award include Rod Burstall, Barbara Liskov, and
     Niklaus Wirth.

     Nominations can be submitted at any time to the secretary of
     SIGPLAN (secretary_sigplan at acm.org).  Details of the nomination
     process an be found at
     http://www.sigplan.org/award-achievement.htm .  Please consider
     nominating a member of this community for this award.