AMERIPRIME ADVISORS TRUST
                         1793 KINGSWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 200
                             SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS 76092



                                                     January 18, 2001


Securities and Exchange Commission
Public Filing Desk
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C.  20549

       RE:   AmeriPrime Advisors Trust- CIK No. 0001092949
             Request for Withdrawal of Amendment to Registration Statement on
             Form N-1A
             FILE NOS. 333-85083 AND 811-09541

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         The AmeriPrime  Advisors  Trust, a registered  investment  company (the
"Trust"), hereby requests that Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 (the "Amendment")
to the Trust's  Registration  Statement  on Form N-1A,  which was filed with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on January  17,  2001  (accession  number
0001035449-01-000031),   be  withdrawn,   pursuant  to  Rule  477(a)  under  the
Securities Act of 1933.

         The  Amendment  was not yet complete  when the EDGAR  service  provider
inadvertently filed a "live" filing instead of a "test" filing.

         If you have any questions regarding this withdrawal,  please call JoAnn
Strasser at 513-381-2121.


                                                     Very truly yours,

                                                     /s/
                                                     Robert A. Chopyak
                                                     Treasurer