The following was first published in the NGS e-newsletter, UpFront:
Want to win a great award with many benefits? Then it is time to enter your family history in the NGS Family History Writing Contest! The deadline for submitting is December 31, 2009. The winner receives a certificate as well as prizes with an estimated value of $1500, including travel to and from the NGS Conference and Family History Fair in Salt Lake City April 2010 (not to exceed airfare purchased 60 days before the Conference), up to five nights’ hotel accommodations, complimentary conference registration, and a complimentary banquet ticket.
The family history should be an original work that has not been previously published or submitted elsewhere covering three to four generations with proper documentation using the NGSQ Numbering System. The time period may be either early American or later-immigrant. For an early American genealogy, the progenitor may have been born elsewhere, but he and his descendants must have lived in colonial America and/or the United States of America. For a later immigrant family genealogy, first and second generation members may have been born elsewhere, but must have immigrated and lived in the United States of America. The writer may be included as a member of the third generation, but not earlier.
The paper will be judged on how well the writer demonstrates their research skills by using and analyzing a wide variety of original documents and telling the story by placing the family in the relevant historical context.
This contest is open to NGS members only. Those not eligible to enter the contest include contest judges, NGS officers and directors, NGS staff and their family members, former contest winners, and fellows of the American Society of Genealogists.
For contest details, visit the Awards & Competitions section of the NGS web site.
Even if you don't enter, I recommend you read the entries published. They are replete with ideas to enhance your own researches. And you may even find better ways to express yourself genealogically.
Happy Dae·
http://ShoeStringGenealogy.com
Posted by: Dae Powell | October 07, 2009 at 06:31 AM
There have been some recent changes in the contest rules that affect the choice of family. Namely, the family you select to write about may span any period of American history.
It is best for you to read the Awards & Competitions section of the NGS website noted by Dick above.
Carmen J. Finley, Chair
NGS Family History Writing Contest
Posted by: Carmen J. Finley, Ph.D., CG | October 07, 2009 at 12:45 PM