Local History Publication Award

The Center for Archival Collections congratulates our 2024 Local History Publication Award winners!

• Professional Division, Book Category: Ralph Lindeman, Confederates from Canada: John Yates Beall and the Rebel Raids on the Great Lakes (McFarland & Company, Inc., 2023)
• Professional Division, Article Category: Dr. Mary Natvig, "Samuel 'Golden Rule' Jones: Music and the Social Good in Progressive Era Toledo, Ohio" (American Music, Spring 2023)
• Independent Division, Book Category: Jack Legg, Digging Up Devils: The Search for a Satanic Murder Cult in Rural Ohio (Pimingee Press, 2023)
• Independent Division, Article Category: Alexandra Bevins, "The Worthington Project: A Documentary History" (Defiance College, 2023)

View the complete list of Local History Publication Awards winners since the awards' inception in 1993.

The CAC is now accepting submissions for the 2025 Local History Publication Awards. Works published between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024 will be accepted for consideration. All submissions must be postmarked by February 28, 2025 in order to be considered.

We will accept submissions in the Book and Article Categories for the Professional and Independent Divisions. The Professional Division will include works prepared and submitted by authors who exclusively or primarily make their living as a scholar and/or writer. The Independent Division will include works prepared and submitted by independent or local researchers, amateurs, and other creative writers who do not claim history as a profession. Each Division winner will receive a $300.00 cash award and plaque. Please see our Guidelines for Submissions for more information.

Eligible works must address an historical topic within the nineteen county region of northwest Ohio. Works shall be judged by the Awards Committee on: literary merit, overall significance and contribution to explaining and understanding the history of the region. Consideration also will be given for style and content. Other considerations will include grammar, accuracy, illustrations, layout, indexes, and distribution.

To submit a work, authors should send two copies to the Center for Archival Collections, 5th Floor, Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, postmarked by February 28, 2025. All works submitted become the property of the CAC. For complete information about the award and submissions, please see guideline for submission below. For further information, contact the CAC at 419-372-2411 or cac@libanswers.bgsu.edu.