The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (SHGAPE) announces its biennial competition for the best published article dealing with any aspect of United States history between 1865 and 1917.

The prize is open to new scholars, defined as graduate students or PhD's who have received their doctorate since 1994 and have not yet published a book. The article must have appeared in a journal dated 2003 or 2004. The winner of the prize will receive a $500 award.

An article may be submitted for consideration by the author or by others (e.g. a journal editor).

Deadline: December 1, 2005.

Submissions--three copies of the article plus a copy of the table of contents of the issue in which it appeared--or questions should be directed to:

Jacqueline M. Moore
SHGAPE Prize Committee
Department of History
Austin College
900 N. Grand Avenue
Sherman, TX, 75090
email: jmoore@austincollege.edu