2010 OAH FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER AWARD

The Frederick Jackson Turner Award, first given in 1959 as the Prize Studies Award of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, has been given each year by the Organization of American Historians for an author's first book on some significant phase of American history and also to the press that submits and publishes it.

The rules and terms of the competition are as follows:

1. the work must be the first book-length study of history published by the author;
2. if the author has a Ph.D., he/she must have received it no earlier than seven years prior to submission of the manuscript for publication;
3. the work must be published in the calendar year before the award is given;
4. the work must deal with some significant phase of American history.  Each entry must be published during the period January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.  

One copy of each entry must be received by each committee member by October 1, 2009.  Final page proofs may be used for books to be published after October 1, 2009 and before January 1, 2010.  If a final page proof is submitted, a bound copy of the entry must be received no later than January 7, 2010.  No late submissions will be accepted. If a book carries a copyright date that is different from the publication date, but the actual publication date falls during the correct time frame making it eligible, please include a letter of explanation with each copy of the book sent to committee members.

The award will be presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the OAH in Washington, DC, April 7-10. One copy of each entry, clearly labeled "2010 Frederick Jackson Turner Award Entry," must be mailed directly to:

Pete Daniel (Committee Chair)
Room 5003, MRC 628
National Museum of American History
12th and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20560

Ned Blackhawk
Hall of Graduate Studies
Department of History
320 York Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Jonathan M. Bryant
Department of History
Box 8054
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460-8054

List of Past Winners

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