Annual Croker Prize for Biography |
The Croker Prize for Biography is a great way to hone your writing skills and share your family history storiesThe theme for the 2022 Croker Prize for Biography is 'Where Did I Come From?' Submissions closed on 31 May 2022. Please email any questions regarding the competition to membership@sag.org.au or telephone the office. The Croker Prize for Biography is a wonderful opportunity for you to hone your writing skills, share your family history stories and demonstrate your research. It also enables the Society to showcase your work to assist other members with their research and writing. Entrants are to write a 800-1000 word biography on an individual, based on original research, which must be related to the selected annual theme. Entries are judged according to the following criteria: · Entries must relate to the identified theme and be about the entrant's relative. · Entries should be well written, informative and entertaining. · Entries must be logically organised with an introduction and conclusion, using good grammar and spelling. · Entries should demonstrate good genealogical research skills, as evidenced by referenced sources. Full terms and conditions are available here: CONDITIONS ABOUT The annual Croker Prize for Biography was established in 2014 in memory of Colin and Loas Croker, who thoroughly enjoyed visiting the Society to research their family trees. Through this annual prize, we acknowledge the very generous benefaction they left to us after their deaths. A different theme for the competition is set each year, which is announced in the Autumn/March journal and on the website. Members can submit one entry each on that theme, with the winner chosen by a committee of former recipients and Society representatives. A cash prize of $1000 is awarded to the winner and their entry is published in the Spring/September issue of Descent. All entries remain on the website for the current and previous year and are then transferred to the Society's digital archive system, where they will be found through the MIDAS catalogue. The theme for 2022 is: Where Did I Come From?. Click on the links below to read all 29 entries. 2201: The Black Sheep Oh Well 2202: A Sensitive Subject 2203: The Untold Story of ‘Queenie’ Foulds 2204: From the Ashes of Lost Chastity 2205: Shipwreck, Survival and Shady Deals 2206: The Gadigal Hawker 2207: Nature or Nurture? 2208: There’s No Other Way 2209: William Parsdons Meeker 2210: Terror in the Hull Skies 2211: A Miner’s Ancestry 2212: I Am an Australian 2213: A Canine Tale 2214: Collits Inn 2215: I Am Australian 2216: What Say You, Amelia 2217: The Force of Charles Higgs 2218: Not Royal but Gentrified 2219: The Very Artistic Genealogist 2220: Frances Reed Pioneer of Burke 2221: The Price of Love 2222: What Mary Kate Said 2223: If You’re Lucky Enough 2224: Resilience, Bravery and Love 2225: Finding Anne Jane, Finding Myself 2226: Silent Partner- The Life of Mrs E. R. Symes 2227: A Local Miner and Leading Orchardist 2228: North and South 2229: A Legacy of Resilience and Love – Annie May Use the link below to download and read entries for the previous two years. Previous Themes and Winners2022 – 'Where Did I Come From?' – Winner: 2021 – 'My Most Unexpected Research Finding' – Winner: Michele Bomford - Conduct Unbecoming: Matthew Burnside and the 'Providence' Scandal, 1826 2020 – ‘My Most Elusive Ancestor' – Winner: Bill Dudley - The Sad Tale of Lieutenant Philip Connor 2019 – ‘A Woman of influence’ – Winner: Wendy Pryor - The Indomitable Miss Jane Skillicorn 2018 - 'A life-changing experience' – Winner: Patricia Smith - A double-edged sword 2017 - 'A Tough Life' - Winner: Kim Hatherly – A Boy from Shoreditch 2016 - 'The Ancestor I most admire is ... ' – Winner: Christine Collins - Dan's Legacy 2015 - 'My immigrant's story' - Winner: Bob Wright – Granny Greenhalgh (2015 Board Prize & 2015 Members' Choice Prize) 2014 - 'The blackest sheep in my family's flock was ...' – Winners: Elizabeth Adams - Sailing Uncharted Waters - the wreck of Master Mariner William Whitfield (2014 Board Prize) & Bob Wright - Old Brine: Terror of the Richmond River (Brian O'Neil) (2014 Members's Choice Prize) Image: Narrabeen Newport bus 1919, SAG Manuscript and Image Collection, Item 6/1338 |