The International Society of Family History Writers and Editors is proud to announce the winners of the 2014 Excellence-in-Writing Competition. The winners are:
Category 1 – Columns
- 1st Place – Shelley K. Bishop, “The Legacy of Mary Comfort Eberhard”
- 2nd Place – Nancy Ann Calhoun, “People can ‘flesh out’ genealogy at library”
- 3rd Place – Maureen K. Wlodarczyk, “Precious Paper in the Digital World”
- Honorable Mention – Shannon Combs-Bennett, “Getting You Pointed in the Right Direction”
- Honorable Mention – Michelle Roos Goodrum, “Using Social Media to Enrich Stories of the Family Home”
- Honorable Mention – Carolyn Schotts, “Fading Family Roots”
Category 2 – Articles
- 1st Place – Schelly Talalay Dardashti, “The Other Side of Jewish Genealogy: Learn how to get started exploring your Sephardic roots”
- 2nd Place – Shelley K. Bishop, “Turning Forests into Farms: the George Clark Family of Licking and Delaware Counties, Ohio”
- 3rd Place – Mari Margaret McLean, Ph.D., “Finding Maxa Ann Hadden and Mr. McLean: Serendipity and the Brick Wall”
- Honorable Mention – Smiljka Kitanovic, “Appreciating Genealogy Angels”
- Honorable Mention – Carolyn B. Leonard, “Early Settlement Leaves Quiet Legacy”
- Honorable Mention – Chip Rowe, “Who Was Joel Holcomb of Wallingford, Connecticut”
Category 3 – Genealogy Newsletters
- 1st Place – Patricia Mansfield Phelan, “Irish Family History Forum”
- 2nd Place – James M. Beidler, “Der Kurier” – newsletter of the Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society
- 3rd Place – Kay Waterloo, “Goodrich Family Association Quarterly”
- Honorable Mention – Carolyn B. Leonard, “Dutch Cousins”
Category 4 – Unpublished Authors
- 1st Place – Shirley McKenzie, “Sylvira Said ‘They burned My House’- June 1864, Silver Springs, MS”
- 2nd Place – Robbi J. Ryan, “A Strong Will to Live”
Category 5 – Unpublished Material by Published Authors
- 1st Place – Rondie Yancey, “Murder at the Post Office: One Family’s Tragedy”
- 2nd Place – Leslie Tichenor Mason, “Create a Colorful Picture of Your Ancestors from a Grey Palette of Facts”
- 3rd Place – Marie Navarro, “Fighting on Both Sides of the Alamo”
- Honorable Mention – Kenneth R. Castle, Ph.D., “Eden Booth, a Tale of Westward Migration”
- Honorable Mention – Sherri Hessick, “Al Allan Alton William Wade Wendergren Westman”
- Honorable Mention – Barbara Lee, “Carolyn 1947-1947 – Hanford Nuclear Site and a Baby’s Death”
- Honorable Mention – Chip Rowe, “What Happened to Boyd?”
- Honorable Mention – Jodie Lynn Strait, “William Henry Hunt: An Original Texter”
Category 6 – Poetry (NEW category this year)
- 1st Place – Smiljka Kitanovic, “River Journey”
- 2nd Place – Marie Navarro, “Another Day, Another Time”
- 3rd Place – Andrea Ramsey, “Young Girl”
- Honorable Mention – Kenneth R. Castle, Ph.D., “There Once Was a Man…”
- Honorable Mention – Paul K. Graham, CGSM, AG®, “Genealogy Standards: A Poem”
- Honorable Mention – Nicole Gilkison LaRue, “To My Isa…”
- Honorable Mention – Darcie Hind Posz, CGSM,“Generations”
Congratulations to all of the winners!!
Hello – thanks for posting this – I had not heard about ISFHWE. I would like to read the articles written by these winners, but I can’t find where they were published. Do you have any idea where I might find that information?
The winning entries are typically published in the ISFHWE newsletter throughout the year. The newsletter is only available to members.