Entries must be received by September 16, 2024

Through the generosity of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University, Phi Alpha Theta is offering a $500 prize for the best book on any aspect of the history of the American West.

The prize is a biennial award.  Books eligible for the award must have been published in either 2023 or 2024.  The prize will be awarded at the 2025 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention.

Submissions must come from the author of the book, who must be a member of Phi Alpha Theta.  In order to be considered for the prize the author must submit a copy of the book to each of the three judges before September 16, 2024.  This will, of course, require the submission of three copies, one to each judge.

The judges are Dr. Michael Allen, 110 W 6th Ave, PMB 116, Ellensburg, WA  98926; Dr. Lisa Emmerich, Professor of History at California State University, Chico (Department of History, CSU, Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0735);  and Dr. Thomas Alexander, Professor Emeritus of History at Brigham Young University (3325 Mohican Lane, Provo, UT 84604), (Committee Chair).

NOTE: In all academic work, the ideas and contributions of others must be appropriately acknowledged, and work that is presented as original must in fact BE original. While Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as ChatGPT will likely create significant breakthroughs in a wide range of fields, using an AI-content generator to produce scholarly work without proper attribution or authorization is a form of academic dishonesty. In accepting scholarly work for conference presentation, prize/award consideration or publication in the PAT newsletter or The Historian, Phi Alpha Theta expects its members to uphold the honorable standards of our Society by researching, composing and submitting their own original work. In this way, faculty and student members of Phi Alpha Theta can all share in nurturing and protecting the integrity and fairness of our Society’s intellectual enterprise. Submitting content to Phi Alpha Theta that has been generated by someone else, or was created or assisted by a computer application such as ChatGPT, will result in immediate disqualification from conference, award or publication consideration.