Genealogical Society writing contest taking entries through end of year

Entries in the Van Zandt County Genealogical Society’s second annual Family History Writing Competition will be accepted until Dec. 31.

 The competition is open to both members and non-members of the VZCGS as well as amateurs and professionals. Winners will receive $100 for first place, $50 for second place, and $25 for third place. Authors may submit up to two entries.

Only original material not previously published elsewhere in any format is eligible.

 While VZCGS has a goal of preserving Van Zandt County history, subject matter for the competition may include the surrounding counties. The author should engage the reader in the subject's "who, what, when, how, and where" aspect of an article.

 Some suggested article types might include: family histories and genealogies of those who settled in Van Zandt or one of the surrounding counties; transcriptions, abstracts or indexes of record groups which have not yet been published or digitized in any format; historical journals, sets of letters or hand-written histories, transcribed with added material on the author of these item types; and military history of Texas soldiers and units.

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