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Drusilla Dunjee Houston Memorial Scholarship Award is a $300 cash award administered by the Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH). It is open to black women graduate students in history or a related field.
Requirements for Applicants: Black women graduate students currently pursuing a M.A. degree or Ph.D. degree in history or a related field; Short writing sample using primary sources (no more than 25 pages including endnotes); Resume; Two letters of recommendation (at least one from the applicant's major professor or advisor); Copy of applicant's transcript. Applicants are responsible for compiling three copies of the above documents and submitting them in one complete packet. Applications must be postmarked by: July 15, 2008.
Send applications to:
Prudence Cumberbatch, Ph.D.
Department of Africana Studies
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY 11210
prudence@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Lorraine Anderson Williams Leadership Award honors an African American woman in education or an area providing related services such as archives, libraries, historical societies and museums. She should have demonstrated outstanding scholarship and service in administration and teaching and, together with her leadership skills, should have made an impact upon African American women. The nominee need not be a member of ABWH. Deadline for nomination: August 31st.
The Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize and the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Article Prizeare awarded annually by the Association of BlackWomen Historians for the best book, anthology, and article about African American women's history. The competition is open to all books and articles about African American women's history published since August 2007, including those written by members and non-members of ABWH. Deadline for nomination: July 15, 2008.
Please send four copies of the entry, a letter of nomination, and any supporting material about the book, anthology, or article to Ida E. Jones. Winners will be notified in early September and honored on October 4, 2008 at the annual ABWH luncheon during the Association for the Study of African American Life and History Convention in Birmingham, AL. For more information about the prize, contact Ida E. Jones at iejones@howard.edu.
Lillie M. Newton Hornsby Memorial Award is a $250 prize given for historical research by a black female undergraduate, either at the end of her junior year or during her senior year. It cannot be awarded to those who have graduated. Deadline for nomination: September 1st.
For more information about the ASALH convention, go to www.asalh.org.