1. The Award shall be made annually, and only one publication may be selected for an award in any one year.
    
2. All entries must be in recognised book form, that is printed in some way on paper and bound with covers; entries should be indexed, and be issued in an edition of ten or more copies.
    
3. Copies of the publication must have been deposited with the National Library of Australia and the appropriate State library, or the appropriate libraries for entries from other countries, as required by legislation.
    
4. All entries must be submitted to the Family History Award Committee by the closing date stated on the entry form. No late entries will be accepted.
    
5. Publications must not have been previously entered for the Award unless the new entry is an extensively revised new edition.
    
6. Entries for the Award must have a significant Tasmanian content; e.g. more than half the content of the entry must be Tasmanian based.
    
7. Entries must be the story of a family, an individual or an autobiography - a collation of factual details, woven into a story.
    
8. Authors may submit more than one entry.
    
9. The entry must be submitted by the author or authors.
    
10. Each entry accepted for judging will remain the property of the Branch Library of the Society designated on the entry form. A special Lilian Watson Family History Award bookplate will be affixed to each entry.
     
11. Award winners must allow the Society to publicise their entry following the announcement of the winner of the Award.
     
12. The Society reserves the right to refuse any entry considered unsuitable, and also not to make the Award in any year.
     
13. Copyright is not required to be transferred to the Society and remains with the author or publisher.
     

• The Award shall be determined by an independent judging panel of three persons approved by the Society.
   
• The judging panel must include a genealogist or person experienced in genealogical research. The other two members of the judging panel will be chosen from the following categories:
  • a qualified librarian.
  • a writer or literary critic of note.
  • an historian or compiler of historical or archival material.
     
• Entries will be judged on scope and detail of the history, depiction of the family/individual in its historical setting, historical accuracy, English expression, arrangement of material, quality of layout type and printing, quality of illustrations and the relevance of these to the text. Indexing should be accurate and comprehensive and genealogical tables clear and easy to follow. Sources of information should be acknowledged and references clearly listed. The judges will also assess how successful the work is in presenting the family/individual history in terms of the Award and its Tasmanian content.
   
• The Judges will assess each entry under the following headings:
  • Presentation including accuracy of statement, scope and detail,
  • English expression, arrangement, etc – 40 marks
  • Indexing and genealogical tables – 20 marks
  • References and/or bibliography – 20 marks
  • The work as a whole – 20 marks
     
• The decision of the judging panel shall be final, subject to endorsement by the Society before public announcement of the Award.  No correspondence will be entered into.
   
• The Award is made to the person or persons producing, in the opinion of the Society, the best family/individual biographical history of those submitted for judging.
   

2008 Lilian Watson Family History Award
 

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The Award Coordinator
PO Box 191
LAUNCESTON
Tasmania 7250