The International Society of Family History
Writers and Editors is proud to announce the winners of the 2013 Excellence-in-Writing
Competition. This year, in addition to
recognizing First, Second and Third Place ,
Honorable Mention certificates are being awarded to recognize the scope of
quality entries. The winners are:
Category
1 - Columns
2nd
Place – Pat Biallas, “Government Delivers in Honoring Civil War Vet” ; “Graveside Rededication Presents a Step Back in Time”
Honorable
Mention – Susan Zacharias, “Web of Deceit – April-June 2012 ; Oct-Dec 2012”
Honorable
Mention – Pat Biallas, “Stamp Series Commemorates Civil War” ; “Civil War Sesquicentennial Generates Abundance of Historical Offerings”
Category
2 - Articles
Honorable Mention – Shannon Bennett, “How_to_get_started_with_genetic_genealogy_and_dna_research”
Honorable Mention – Margaret Barker, “The Twins”
Category 3 –
Genealogy Newsletters
2nd
Place – Mary W. Parker,
“Newsletter June 2012” ; “Newsletter Sept 2012”
Honorable Mention – Janis Forte, “July/Aug2012 Newsletter” ;
“Sept/Oct 2012 Newsletter”
Category 4 –
Unpublished Authors
Honorable Mention – Robin Thomas, “Beneficiary of a Pack Rat”
Honorable Mention – Rondie Yancey, “After the War”
Category 5 – Unpublished Material by Published
Authors
Honorable Mention – Kenneth Castle, “My Norwegian Ancestors”
Honorable Mention – Kathleen Broomer, “James A. Spillet Hatter, Newsdealer, Captialist”
Details on the 2014 Competition will be released
shortly. The competition will open on 1 October.
Details may be obtained on the website at ISFHWE.org.
Though Phyllis Matthews Ziller received her award for the NCGS News, NGS also benefits from Phyllis's talented editing as well! She is editor of What’s Happening, edits NGS
PR pieces, Upfront with NGS Mini Bytes, and anything else we put in front of
her.
Learned that Susan Zacharias also supports NGS -- she's the Layout Manager for the NGS Magazine. [9:13EST 30 Aug]
Learned that Susan Zacharias also supports NGS -- she's the Layout Manager for the NGS Magazine. [9:13EST 30 Aug]
Congratulations to Phyllis, Susan, and all the other
winners.
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Note also that the first place winner in category 5, LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, recently received a lifetime membership in NGS, as a retirement gift from her colleagues at Ernst & Young.
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