<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">I hesitate to write concerning genealogy<br>writing competitions, since my resources<br>may not seem immediate to the subject.<br>Nevertheless, I have recently updated<br><font face="Arial" size="2">Accelerated Teacher Resources<br><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.academic-genealogy.com/teachers.htm">http://www.academic-genealogy.com/teachers.htm</a></span><br><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Two items which may be of great interest;<br>in having a scholarly "sandbox", which can<br>be revised and revisited, and internationally<br>peer reviewed, by the worldwide genealogy<br>and family history professional organizations.<br>AT THE SAME TIME, to establish permanent<br>immediate recognition within higher education;<br>which can subsequently be published in select<br>local, regional and various national-international<br>genealogy writing competitions.<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">First: </span></font><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Listed under sub section<br></span><a rel="nofollow" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Professional Communications & Teacher Education</a><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">. . .<br>[Connexions</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> is </span><a rel="nofollow" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">supported</a><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> by the</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" target="_blank" href="http://www.hewlett.org/">William and Flora Hewlett Foundation</a><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Maxfield Foundation, and </span><a rel="nofollow" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" target="_blank" href="http://cnxconsortium.org/">Connexions Consortium</a> <p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Connexions: registered trademark of Rice University.]<br> </p>. . .<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cnx.org/"><font face="Arial" size="2">Connexions - Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities</font></a><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><br>Collection of free scholarly materials and<br>a powerful set of </font><font color="#ff0000" face="Arial">free</font><font face="Arial"> software tools to help.<br></font></font><font face="Arial" size="2">View and share educational material made<br>of small knowledge chunks called modules<br>that can be organized as courses, books,<br>reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute:<br>authors create and collaborate; instructors<br>rapidly build and share custom collections;<br>learners find and explore content.</font><br><br>Noted article quote:<br><strong style="font-weight: normal;" class="title">A Grand Challenge for the Humanities<br>and Social Sciences</strong> <br><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cnx.org/content/m14141/latest/">http://cnx.org/content/m14141/latest/</a></span><br>. . . <br><p id="id7071771" class="para">"Creating this integrated, networked cultural<br>record will require intensive collaboration<br>among scholars as well as cooperation with<br>librarians, curators, and archivists; the<br>involvement of experts in the sciences, law,<br>business, and entertainment; and active<br>participation from and endorsement by<br>the general public.  Enabling anything like<br>seamless access to the cultural record<br>will require developing tools to navigate<br>among vast catalogs of born-digital and<br>digitized materials, as well as the records<br>of physical materials: it will also require<br>addressing daunting problems in digital<br>preservation, copyright, and economic<br>sustainability. 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background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264052122_2">Millennium Edition</span></span> [54th] through 2004<br>Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, [both editions]<br>Family Genealogy & History Internet Education Directory<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.academic-genealogy.com/"><font color="#810081"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264052122_3">http://www.academic-genealogy.com/</span></font></a><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "jfonkert@aol.com" <jfonkert@aol.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> billiefogarty@aol.com; apgpubliclist@apgen.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, January 20, 2010 5:02:52 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [APG Public List] genealogy writing competitions<br></font><br> <font color="black" face="arial" size="2"> <div> <font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thank you to all who have shared information about genealogy writing competitions.  When I posted my question, I had intended to mention that the Minnesota Genealogical Society, in cooperation with the Yankee Genealogical Society, sponsored its first writing competition in 2009.  Details on the 2010 Michael Clark Writing Competiton will be announced in the next month or so.  Meanwhile, I look forward to hearing about other competitions sponsored by local, regional or state societies.  <br> <br> </font></font></div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div style="font-family: helvetica,arial; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Billiefogarty <billiefogarty@aol.com><br> To: jfonkert <jfonkert@aol.com>; apgpubliclist@apgen.org<br> Sent: Wed, Jan 20, 2010 8:59 am<br> Subject: Re: [APG Public List] genealogy writing competitions<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_d43736a1-fc12-4971-8f67-5fabc981c113"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Oklahoma Genealogical Society has an annual Family Story Writing Contest.  Anyone may enter and the family story does not have to be about Oklahoma ancestors.  Details are online at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.okgensoc.org"><font color="#000000">www.okgensoc.org</font></a>.  The panel of judges prepare written comments along with the score sheet.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"> <div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><em>Billie Stone Fogarty</em></font></div> <div><em><font face="Arial" size="2">4509 N. Classen Blvd, Suite 103</font></em></div> <div><em><font face="Arial" size="2">Oklahoma City, OK 73118</font></em></div> <div><em><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:billiefogarty@aol.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:billiefogarty@aol.com">billiefogarty@aol.com</a></font></em></div> <div>405-203-1274</div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><em>Affiliations: Association of Professional Genealogists Board of Directors, Oklahoma Genealogical Society Board of Directors, Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors, Genealogical Speakers Guild, International Society Family History Writers & Editors, National Genealogical Society</em></font></div> </div> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div> </div> <div>In a message dated 01/19/10 19:21:34 Central Standard Time, jfonkert writes:</div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"> <div> <style type="text/css">#AOLMsgPart_2_d43736a1-fc12-4971-8f67-5fabc981c113 td{color:black;}#AOLMsgPart_2_d43736a1-fc12-4971-8f67-5fabc981c113 .aolmailheader {font-size:8pt;color:black;font-family:Arial;}#AOLMsgPart_2_d43736a1-fc12-4971-8f67-5fabc981c113 a.aolmailheader:link {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;}#AOLMsgPart_2_d43736a1-fc12-4971-8f67-5fabc981c113 a.aolmailheader:visited {color:magenta;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;}#AOLMsgPart_2_d43736a1-fc12-4971-8f67-5fabc981c113 a.aolmailheader:active {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;}#AOLMsgPart_2_d43736a1-fc12-4971-8f67-5fabc981c113 a.aolmailheader:hover {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;}</style> <font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> <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 face="Arial" size="2">Jay Fonkert, CG<br><span> <a target="_blank" href="http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/">http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/</a></span><br> Saint Paul, MN<br> <br> Member, Association of Professional Genealogists<br> (</font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="1">professional profile at <a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.apgen.org)/" target="_blank" href="http://www.apgen.org%29/">www.apgen.org)</a></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><br> Member, Genealogical Speakers Guild<br> </font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="1">(professional profile at <a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)" target="_blank" href="http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/%29">http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)</a></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> <br> <br> </font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="1">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 color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><br> </font></div> </font></div> </blockquote> <div> </div> <div id="aol_mail_signature"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div class="aol_ad_footer" id="udf5a17547a104459b1dc9a474599c052"></div> </div> </div> </font> </div></div> </div></body></html>