It’s that time of the year again!
We are now inviting nominations for the SAHB’s two annual awards – the Malcolm Jeal Award for the best article on motoring history, and the Michael Sedgwick Award for the best motoring book. The deadline for nominations this year, for both awards, is 15th July. The awards will be presented at the SAHB AGM and Autumn Seminar in October – whether that takes place face-to-face or online, which nobody can yet foresee.
The Malcolm Jeal Award:
This is the third year of this award; last year’s winners were Philip Newsome and Guy Loveridge for Paris 1919, the story of Bob Cooper, Philip Newsome’s great uncle, an Army Service Corps chauffeur to the British Delegation at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference that followed World War I, and how he witnessed one of the 20th Century’s most significant events. It was published in the June 2019 issue of The Automobile.
This award commemorates the late Malcolm Jeal’s dedication to thorough original research, well-written articles and succinct editing. He created and for many years edited the SAHB’s Aspects of Motoring History, and was the creator and initially sole writer of the SAHB website’s Snapshots that continue every week in his memory.
The award will be presented to the writer (not necessarily an SAHB member) of a single article of at least 1500 words, that has appeared in print in English in any periodical. The period of publication for this year’s award will be the 12 months starting 1st July 2019 and finishing 30th June 2020.
The article must be about mechanically-powered road transport, be of historical value, and not previously have been published in any other form. The judging panel will take into consideration the appropriateness of accompanying illustrations, captions, sources and, where appropriate, references.
If anyone (and that means ANYONE – you don’t need to be an SAHB member) has read a particularly good article recently, or perhaps has been impressed by the detail of the research and good use of the English language, and would like to nominate it for this award, they should scan the article and send it, by email, to SAHB Publicity Officer Peter Moss at peter.moss12@btinternet.com.
The Michael Sedgwick Award:
This award is given annually in the name of the much respected motoring author, the late Michael Sedgwick. Last year’s winner was Graham Skillen, for his book The All-British Marendaz Special: the Man, the Cars and the Aeroplanes (published by Fonthill Media Limited, 2018).
Again this year, we are inviting nominations for books specifically about aspects of motoring in Britain, written in the English language. The winning book will demonstrate excellence in its research, presentation, readability and novelty, and will materially further our understanding of the subject. The period of publication for this year’s award will also be the 12 months starting 1st July 2019 and finishing 30th June 2020.
To enhance this SAHB award, the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust will also give a £250 donation to the recipient.
Please send your nominations to the chair of the Michael Sedgwick Award panel, Guy Loveridge, on gjcl69@aol.com.
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