<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18865"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>The Utah Genealogical Association is hosting a writing contest this year. Details were just published in the December 2009 issue of _Crossroads_. In addition to the contest we are always looking for good content--both case studies and shorter articles. We use a three-person review system for each article. Check our website at <A href="http://www.infouga.com">www.infouga.com</A> for the contest rules. If it's not up yet it should be soon.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Christy</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jfonkert@aol.com href="mailto:jfonkert@aol.com">jfonkert@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist@apgen.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 19, 2010 6:21 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [APG Public List] genealogy writing competitions</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>Hello from Minnesota.  I am preparing an article encouraging genealogy researchers to write research reports.  I want to encourage people to be brave enough to submit their writing for peer review.  I am aware of competitions sponsored by NGS, ASG and ISFHWE, but would like to know about genealogy writing competitions sponsored by other regional, statewide or national organizations.  If you know of a competition, please let me (and others) know.  Among other things, I would be interested to know if a competition provides written comments to entrants.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=2 size=2 face=Arial PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Jay Fonkert, CG<BR><A href="http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/">http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/</A><BR>Saint Paul, MN<BR><BR>Member, Association of Professional Genealogists<BR>(</FONT><FONT lang=2 color=#000000 size=1 face=Arial PTSIZE="8" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">professional profile at <A href="http://www.apgen.org)/">www.apgen.org)</A></FONT><FONT lang=2 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Member, Genealogical Speakers Guild<BR></FONT><FONT lang=2 color=#000000 size=1 face=Arial PTSIZE="8" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">(professional profile at <A href="http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)">http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)</A></FONT><FONT lang=2 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=2 color=#000000 size=1 face=Arial PTSIZE="8" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">CG (Certified Genealogist) is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations.</FONT><FONT lang=2 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>