Category Archives: Writing Competitions

The Connecticut Society of Genealogists is now accepting entries for both the Literary Awards and Essay Contest.  Submission deadline for both is February 16, 2015.  Winners for both will be notified by April 1, 2015.  Details for each are below.

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:

Earlier this month, the Dallas Genealogical Society announced the winners of their 2014 Writing Contest.  Details below in the press release issue on August 1st. Dallas Genealogical Society Announces Winners of 2014 Writing Contest Dallas, TX—August 1, 2014—The Dallas Genealogical Society announces the winners of their 2014 Writing Contest, the husband and wife team of Deborah Harvey and Gary Wood, for their article “As the Angus Roam.”

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 SCGS, at the editor’s discretion.  Also, be thinking about entries for the 2014 GENEii contest, which will start on November 1, 2014.

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 a three-generation family study, tell an interesting story about parents and children, or provide a brief solution to a genealogical problem.”  Complete details can be found here. Need some convincing to write about your genealogy research?  See my post 4 Reasons to Convert Your Genealogy […]

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 for columns of original content published on a regular basis, in any medium, published in 2013. Each entry must consist of 2,000 words or less. These are entries from the author’s regular column, not features. Category II – Articles. These one-time articles (not part of […]

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 […]

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 length, unpublished, and should fall into one of the following categories: advanced methodologies and case studies (not limited by geography) family histories and genealogies, linked to North Texas, including those who came from or left to settle elsewhere historical events in North Texas with a […]