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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Call for Submissions: 2023 Local History Publication Awards</span></b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Center for Archival Collections is accepting submissions for its 2023 Local History Publication Awards. Works published between January 1, 2023 and December
31, 2023 will be accepted.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">There are two categories for the awards: the Article category recognizes articles, essays, and long-form blog posts in both print and electronic formats, while
the Book category recognizes books published in both print and electronic formats. Both categories award authors in Professional and Independent divisions. The Professional Division includes works prepared and submitted by authors who exclusively or primarily
make their living as a scholar and/or writer. The Independent Division includes works prepared and submitted by independent or local researchers, amateurs, and others who do not claim history or writing as a profession. Each Division winner will receive a
$300.00 cash award and plaque. Please see our </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.bgsu.edu/library/cac/events-and-programs/local-history-publication-award/guidelines.html">Guidelines for Submissions</a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="background:white">
for more information.</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;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 and 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><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;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 29, 2024 </i></b>and fill out our
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScURfIzsgQLFaxfjfaOSaJ2lZyBhIFf5SfRxxOY9isUPLKhYA/viewform">online submission form</a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">. All
works submitted become the property of the CAC. For complete information about the award and submissions, please see the </span></span><a href="https://www.bgsu.edu/library/cac/events-and-programs/local-history-publication-award/guidelines.html">Guidelines
for Submissions</a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">. For further information, please contact Nick Pavlik at the CAC at 419-372-7914 or
</span><a href="mailto:npavlik@bgsu.edu">npavlik@bgsu.edu</a><span style="color:#002060;background:white">.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:#002060"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you!</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nick Pavlik</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Chair, Local History Publication Awards Committee</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nick Pavlik</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Manuscripts and Digital Initiatives Archivist</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jerome Library, 5th<sup>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bowling Green State University</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bowling Green, OH 43403-0170</span></span><span class="scxw257858236"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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</span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:npavlik@bgsu.edu">npavlik@bgsu.edu</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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