{"id":5538,"date":"2016-03-14T13:12:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T18:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/?p=5538"},"modified":"2016-10-03T11:54:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T16:54:55","slug":"entries-for-the-2016-connecticut-society-of-genealogists-literary-awards-essay-contest-now-being-accepted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/entries-for-the-2016-connecticut-society-of-genealogists-literary-awards-essay-contest-now-being-accepted\/","title":{"rendered":"Entries for the 2016 Connecticut Society of Genealogists Literary Awards &amp; Essay Contest Now Being Accepted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; display: inline\" src=\"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/images\/WritingCompetition.jpg\" align=\"right\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csginc.org\" target=\"_blank\">Connecticut Society of Genealogists<\/a> is now accepting entries for both the Literary Awards and Essay Contest.&nbsp; Submission deadline for both is July 15, 2016.&nbsp; Winners for both will be notified by September 1, 2016.&nbsp; Details for each are below.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>5th Annual \u201cTell Me Your Family Story\u201d Essay Contest<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>This contest is open to anyone; winner receives $100.&nbsp; Entries must be related to New England and not more than 10 pages (double-spaced).&nbsp; Entries could include family stories, oral histories, diary\/journal excerpts, Bible record or cemetery marker transcriptions, family histories or traditions, or socioeconomic conditions affecting the life on an ancestor.&nbsp; These essays must convey how it pertains to the author.&nbsp; Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csginc.org\/Literary_Files\/csg_fledging_essay_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (opens PDF) for full rules and entry form for this contest. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>29th Annual Literary Awards Contest<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>This contest is open to anyone.&nbsp; Grand prize winner will receive $500.&nbsp; There is a $20 entry fee and two copies of the publications must be submitted.&nbsp; Publications must be related to New England and have been published since 2010.&nbsp; Categories for this contest are:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Genealogy<\/strong> (begins with someone in the past and works forward in time)\n<li><strong>Family History<\/strong> (begins with someone living today or recently and works backward in time)\n<li><strong>Genealogical Resource<\/strong> (could include cemetery abstracts, compilations, court records, etc.) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All entries should include a title page, table of contents, and index.&nbsp; Books should be bound.&nbsp; CDs are acceptable provided they have a fully searchable and easy-to-follow name index with page numbers.&nbsp; Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csginc.org\/Literary_Files\/csg_contest_entry_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (opens PDF) for full rules and entry form for this contest.  <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Need some convincing to write about your genealogy research?&nbsp; See my post <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/4-reasons-to-convert-your-genealogy-research-into-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\">4 Reasons to Convert Your Genealogy Research Into Writing<\/a><em><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Connecticut Society of Genealogists is now accepting entries for both the Literary Awards and Essay Contest.&nbsp; Submission deadline for both is July 15, 2016.&nbsp; Winners for both will be notified by September 1, 2016.&nbsp; Details for each are below. 5th Annual \u201cTell Me Your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25,356,39,22,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genblog","category-news","category-news-events","category-writing-competitions","category-writing-your-way-to-the-past","cat-25-id","cat-356-id","cat-39-id","cat-22-id","cat-17-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3HcLI-1rk","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5565,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538\/revisions\/5565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}