UM-Dearborn History Paper Prize, 2025
Submission deadline May 9, 2025, to ppennock@umich.edu
The essay prize recognizes outstanding historical research writing by UM-Dearborn students. An eligible paper should be entirely the submitting student’s original work, written in English, between 2,000 and 7,000 words, including footnotes or endnotes. The paper should feature research in high-quality sources and should extend beyond the assigned course materials. It should include a bibliography and citations but may use any standard format. (MLA, Chicago, etc.) Images or figures accompanying the paper are welcome.
$125 prize will be awarded.
We encourage students to revise and edit papers that were originally submitted for a class. These revisions could include:
Proofing the submission for additional clarity, and correcting typos and other errors.
Clarifying the scope of the paper for the benefit of judges who are not necessarily familiar with the course context in which the paper was originally produced. (This depends on the nature of the paper assignment.)