Two categories: Adult and Junior (under 18 years of age)

• Winning entries will be published in the WRHS Genealogy Bulletin.

• The entry should be about a Western Reserve ancestor or ancestral family.

• The article should be at least 750 words long up to 2500 words.

• It should be submitted as an original work, not published elsewhere. The author is free to submit it elsewhere after the results are announced.

• Some research for the article should be performed in the Library of the Western Reserve Historical Society.

• Sources should be documented with footnotes or endnotes.

• The entry deadline is 01 Sep 2009.

• Submit entries to
  Western Reserve Historical Society
  c/o The WRHS Genealogical Committee
  “My Western Reserve Ancestors Writing Contest”
  10825 East Blvd.
  Cleveland, Ohio  44106-1777

• The entries will be judged by the editorial subcommittee of the Genealogical Committee, an auxiliary of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The subcommittee may choose not to award all available prizes.

• Winning entries will be recognized at the Genealogical Committee’s Annual Open House in October 2009. They then will be published in the WRHS Genealogy Bulletin at the discretion of the editors.

Prizes:
1st place in each category: $50 and a free subscription to the WRHS Genealogy Bulletin
2nd place in each category: $25 and a free subscription to the WRHS Genealogy Bulletin
3rd place in each category: $15 and a free subscription to the WRHS Genealogy Bulletin