Submissions are now being accepted for the 6th Annual Minnesota Genealogical Society Family History Writing Competition.  Entries are due by 15 July 2014.  Winning entries will be published in the MGS quarterly Minnesota Genealogist.

You do not have to be a member of MGS to enter, nor do entries have to relate to Minnesota.  Entries, however, must not have been previously published and must fall into one of the following to categories:

  • Problem-Solving – articles demonstrating research and source documentation (3,000 word max)
  • Family Story – articles engaging the reader in persons, place, and time (2,000 word max)

For additional information and rules, see Contest Rules (opens a PDF).  The entry form can be found here (opens a Word document).