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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
<a href="https://www.bgsu.edu/library/cac.html">Center for Archival Collections</a> at Bowling Green State University Libraries is seeking submissions for its 2018 Local History Publication Awards. We would appreciate your circulating this information to those
who might be interested in participating. Details are below and also available at
<a href="https://www.bgsu.edu/library/cac/services/engagement.html">https://www.bgsu.edu/library/cac/services/engagement.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Call for Submissions: 2018 Local History Publication Awards</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">The Center for Archival Collections is accepting submissions for the Local History Publication Awards. Works published between January
1, 2018 and December 31, 2018 will be accepted.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">The Awards Committee will recognize authors for outstanding publications in two divisions. The Academic Scholar Division will include
works prepared and submitted by authors who are professional writers or academicians. The Independent Scholar Division will include works prepared and submitted by independent or local researchers, amateurs, and other creative writers who do not claim “history”
as a profession. Each Division winner will receive a $300.00 cash award and plaque.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Eligible works must address an historical topic within the nineteen county region of northwest Ohio. Works shall be judged by the Awards
Committee on: literary merit, overall significance and contribution to explaining and understanding the history of the region. Consideration also will be given for style and content. Other considerations will include grammar, accuracy, illustrations, layout,
indexes, and distribution.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">To submit a work, authors should send two copies to the Center for Archival Collections, 5th Floor, Wm. T. Jerome Library, Bowling Green
State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, <b><i>postmarked by February 28, 2019</i></b><i>.</i> All works submitted become the property of the CAC. For complete information about the award and submissions, please see <u><span style="color:#002060"><a href="https://www.bgsu.edu/library/cac/services/engagement/guidelines.html">Guidelines
for Submission</a></span></u>. For further information, please contact Nick Pavlik at the CAC at 419-372-7914 or
<span style="color:#002060"><a href="mailto:npavlik@bgsu.edu">npavlik@bgsu.edu</a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nick Pavlik<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Chair, Local History Publication Awards Committee</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nicholas A. Pavlik<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Curator of Manuscripts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Coordinator of Strategic Digital Partnerships<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Center for Archival Collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jerome Library, 5th<sup>
</sup>Floor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bowling Green State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bowling Green, OH 43403-0170<br>
419-372-7914<br>
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:npavlik@bgsu.edu"><span style="color:blue">npavlik@bgsu.edu</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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