Category Archives: Writing Your Way to the Past

Winners Announced for the 2013 GENEii Family History Writers Contest

A big congratulations to all the winners of the Southern California Genealogical Society’s 2013 GENEii Family History Writers Contest.  Below is the list of winners in each of the two categories.  Winning entries will be published in The Searcher, which is the quarterly journal of […]

Massachusetts Society of Genealogists 2014 Writing Contest

Entries for the 2014 Massachusetts Society of Genealogists (MSOG) Writing Contest are due by August 15, 2014.  You must be a member of MSOG to participate.    Entries must be original content (i.e., not previously published) and relate to genealogy or family history.  “Submissions could be […]

Reminder – Entries for ISFHWE Excellence-in-Writing Competition Due 6/15

Entries for the 2014 International Society of Family History Writers and Editors (ISFHWE) Excellence-in-Writing Competition are due by June 15, 2014.    Both ISFHWE members and non-members are allowed to enter the competition.  Here are the categories for this year: Category I – Columns. This is […]

Entries Are Being Accepted for Minnesota Genealogical Society Family History Writing Competition

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 […]

Writing-Related Sessions at NGS 2014

The National Genealogical Society 2014 Family History Conference will be held in Richmond, Virginia, from May 7-10, 2014.  There are so many sessions available, covering a wide array of topics.  Following is a list of the writing-related sessions.  The entire schedule can be found on […]

Entries Are Being Accepted for the 2014 Dallas Genealogical Society Writing Contest

Submissions for the Dallas Genealogical Society 2014 Writing Competition are due by April 1, 2014.  You do not have to be a DGS member to enter and articles do not necessarily have to relate to the Dallas area. Articles are to be 1,500-5,000 words in […]

Friday Finds – 01/31/14

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Writing-Related Presentations at RootsTech 2014

RootsTech 2014 will be held February 6-8, 2014, in Salt Lake City.  Over those three days, attendees will have plenty of lecture sessions to choose from.  I though I’d share a list of presentations that may be of interest to you that relate to writing […]