2008 NSW History Fellowship ($20,000)

The NSW History Fellowship is offered biennially by the Government to assist a person living in New South Wales to research and produce a work on a subject of historical interest relating to New South Wales. Applicants are required to demonstrate that their project will add to, or bring fresh perspectives to bear upon, their nominated subject. They should also demonstrate that the project will benefit their experience and developement as an historian and/or advance scholarly writing in NSW.
Entries close Friday 6 June 2008.
For more information go the the Arts NSW website at: www.arts.nsw.gov.au

Coves Historical Writing Competition

This is an annual competition presented by the Lane Cove Historical Society and the NSW Writers’ Centre and sponsored by Gleebooks. It is a writing competition which awards a prize for an unpublished piece of HISTORICAL NON-FICTION of a maximum 2,000 words.There is also an award for an unpublished piece of HISTORICAL FICTION of 2,000 words.

Entries in both categories must address some aspect of Australian History as the writer interprets it.

Entries close Friday 8 August 2008. Winners in each category will be announced at the beginning of History Week on Monday 8 September 2008.

 For further details visit www.nswwriterscentre.org.au


NSW PREMIER’S HISTORY AWARDS

These are annual awards conducted in association with the History Council of New South Wales.  The 2008 awards, each valued at $15,000, are:

  1. Australian History Prize for a book on Australian history;
  2. General History Prize for a book on internatonal history;
  3. Community and Regional History Prize for a book which contributes to the understanding of Australian community, institutional or regional history;
   4. Young People’s History Prize for a book or audio/visual presentation which increases the historical understanding of children and young adults;
   5. The Audio/Visual History Prize for the presentation of history utilising non-print media (including film. television, radio, CD-ROM, DVD or website);
   6. The John and Patricia Ward History Prize for the Use of Archives in Writing History for a book which uses unpublished archived sources.

All works must have been first published or produced in the 12 months before the closing date for entries. Closing date for 2008 is 14 March 2008.

For more information visit the NSW Premier’s History Awards website 

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