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The Center for Archival Collections seeks to encourage and recognize authors for outstanding publications in the field of
Local History. For this award, Local History is geographically defined as the nineteen counties within the Center's collecting
scope (Allen, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky,
Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood, and Wyandot), The Firelands, and Maumee Valley Region. Winning authors will be recognized
at the Center for Archival Collections' Annual Conference on Local History.
Divisions
The Awards Committee will recognize authors for outstanding publications in two divisions. The Academic Scholar Division will include works prepared and submitted by authors who are professional writers or academicians. The Independent Scholar Division will include works prepared and submitted by independent or local researchers, amateurs, and other creative writers who do
not claim "history" as a profession. Each Division winner will receive a $300 case award and plaque.
Qualifications
- The awards will be given for works of either general or specific subject interest (i.e., native American history, prehistoric,
territorial and early statehood, War of 1812, Civil War, business history, women's history, labor history, family history,
historic preservation, rural-agricultural history, Great Lakes-Maritime (Ohio) history, or biography.
- Any work submitted for the awards must have been copyrighted or published in the two years preceeding the year in which the
award is given.
- Works shall be judged by the Awards Committee based on: literary merit, overall significance and contribution to explaining
and understanding the history of the above described region. Consideration will also be given for style and content. Other
considerations include grammar, accuracy, illustrations, layout, indexes, and distribution.
- All works submitted for consideration become the property of the Center for Archival Collections and must be received on or
before December 31 of the year preceeding the award.
- The Awards Committee and the Center for Archival Collections reserves the right not to present the awards during any given
year.
Submission Guidelines
- Authors should send two copies of each work to the Center for Archival Collections, Jerome Library, 5th Floor, Bowling Green
State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0175. All submissions will become the property of the Center for Archival Collections.
- Works are identified as published monographs or articles and must be under one cover.
- Textbooks, guidebooks, manuals, craft books, works of fiction, newspaper articles, and genealogies composed principally of
genealogical charts are not eligible for consideration.
- All entries must be postmarked before January 1 of the award year.
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