DGS Newsletter, Volume 28, Number 5, May/June 2004 Page: 86
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GENERAL DGS NEWS
DALLAS GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETY
WRITING AWARDS
COMPETITION 2004
The Dallas Genealogical Society
Writing Awards Competition is a
biennial event meant to:- Inspire genealogists to write,
- Promote high quality research and reporting,
and
- Recognize efforts of those contributing to this
important phase of genealogy.
Exemplary work in various divisions and categories
will receive awards at the DGS Awards Ceremony
in December 2004. For more details:
www.dallasgenealogy.org/ writing/writing.htm
DIVISION I
FAMILY HISTORY
Category 1: 10,000 words or less
Category 2: more than 10,000 words
DIVISION II
ARTICLES OR BOOKS
OF HISTORICAL OR GENEALOGICAL
INTEREST
Includes, but is not limited to, articles on
methodology, achieving proof, local or county history,
beginning genealogy material.
DIVISION III
FAMILY STORIES, MEMORIES,
OR CHARACTER SKETCHES
Includes stories about family traditions, memories of
family members or events, and biographical sketches
of ancestors. This category is included to encourage
beginners to write stories of their families.Next DGS Newsletter Deadline
15 June 2004
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BOOK OF COMPILED MATERIAL:
CHURCH, COURT, CENSUS, CEMETERY -
ABSTRACTED FROM ORIGINAL RECORDS
COMPETITION RULES
- DGS members may participate free.
The entry fee for nonmembers of DGS is $10 per
entry.
- Each entrant may submit a maximum of one entry
per division.
- Entries must have been compiled or published
within the past 2 years (August 2002 - July 2004).
- Entries must be received by 15 August 2004.
Mail entries to: DGS Writing Awards Competition,
P.O. Box 12446, Dallas, Texas 75225-0446.
The entry form in this newsletter, the event
brochure, or a facsimile must accompany each
entry.
A panel of 5 judges appointed by the DGS Writing
Awards Competition Committee will select the
winners.
Certificates and comment sheets for each entry
will be presented at the DGS Awards Ceremony
13 December 2004.
All entries become the property of DGS and will
be donated to the Genealogy Section of the
Dallas Public Library. The author shall retain all
publication rights.
BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR STANDARDS OF STYLE,
CITATION, NUMBERING AND INDEXING
- The Chicago Manual of Style. 14th Edition.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
- Curran, Joan Ferris, Madilyn Coen Crane, and
John H. Wray. Numbering Your Genealogy: Basic
Systems, Complex Families & Int'l Kin. National
Genealogical Society. Arlington, Virginia: NGS,
1999.
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers. 6th edition. New York: Modern
Language Association of America. 2003.
- Hatcher, Patricia Law. Producing a Quality
Family History. Salt Lake City: Ancestry
Incorporated, 1996.
Hatcher, Patricia Law and John V. Wylie.
Indexing Family Histories: Simple Steps for a
Quality Product. National Genealogical Society.
Arlington, Virginia: NGS, 1993.
- Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence! Citation &
Analysis for the Family Historian. Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1997.
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