MAGAREY MEDAL FOR BIOGRAPHY
This biennial $10,000 prize is kindly donated by Adjunct Professor Susan Magarey, and is administered and judged by a panel established by the Australian Historical Association and the Association for the Study of Australian Literature. It will be awarded to the female person who has published the work judged to be the best biographical writing on an Australian subject in 2008 or 2009.

ALLAN MARTIN AWARD
The Allan Martin Award is intended to help early-career historians achieve a public outcome such as a monograph, series of academic articles, exhibition, documentary film, or some mix of these, which will make a significant contribution to the field of Australian history. The biennial award of up to $4000 may be used to assist in giving the work a higher public profile, for example, as part of an exhibition or film or other media production, or as a publication subsidy, or as a contribution to expenses for research which will lead to publication. It must be spent within twelve months.

KAY DANIELS AWARD
This Award has been sponsored by members and associates of the Australian Historical Association, the University of Tasmania, and the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority. Consisting of a $1500 prize and citation, it recognizes outstanding original research with a bearing on Australian convict, heritage and/or early colonial history, including its international context, published in 2008 or 2009.

W.K. HANCOCK PRIZE
The W.K. Hancock Prize was instituted in 1987 by the Australian Historical Association to honour the contribution to the study and writing of history in Australia by Sir Keith Hancock. Offering a $2000 prize and citation, it is intended to give recognition and encouragement to an Australian scholar who has published a first book in any field of history in 2008 or 2009.

THE SERLE AWARD 2008
The Australian Historical Association has constituted the Serle Award as a biennial prize. The Award has been established through the generosity of Mrs Jessie Serle to honour the contribution to Australian history of her former husband, Dr Geoffrey Serle for the best postgraduate thesis in Australian History completed and examined during the previous two years. The $2500 biennial award may be used as a publication subsidy or to subsidise other costs associated with transforming the thesis into a book, such as the cost of carrying out extra research, funding permissions, copyright fees or illustrations: these examples are not exhaustive

ALL AWARDS mentioned above are awarded biennially. Applications are due on 1 December 2009, with the exception of the Alan Martin Award which closes on 26 February 2010,

For further information: email theaha@unsw.edu.au or go to the AHA website at www.theaha.org.au.

AHA–CAL POSTGRADUATE HISTORY PRIZE
The AHA is pleased to announce a prestigious new postgraduate history prize drawing on the CAL Cultural Fund. The prize will be offered annually with a substantial award of $4000 plus publication in History Australia.

AHA/CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS HONORARY FELLOWSHIPS
Offering the convenience of workspace and ready access to materials these fellowships may be applied for at any time:
Information and application form

AHA/WAIKATO UNIVERSITY HISTORY PRIZE
The AHA/Waikato Univesity Prize for excellence in social and cultural history. Open to undergraduate Waikato University Students only. Prize: one year's membership of the AHA.

For further information on AHA Prizes and Awards please contact the AHA Executive Officer

The PRIME MINISTER'S PRIZE for Australia History
The Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History will be awarded to an individual or a group, for an outstanding publication or body of work that contributes significantly to an understanding of Australian history. The Prize comprises an embossed gold medallion and a tax free grant of $100,000.

The subject of works submitted could include, but is not limited to:

• historical events;
  
• historical figures (including biographies); and
  
• work covering a particular subject.

2009 NSW PREMIER'S HISTORY AWARDS

The NSW Premier's History Awards are national awards, made to Australian historians in recognition of distinguished achievement in scholarly writing and publication and in the presentation of history in non-print media. The 2009 awards are each valued at $15,000.

The Australian History Prize for a book on Australian history
The General History Prize for a book on international history
The NSW Community and Regional History Prize for a book which contributes to the understanding of community, institutional, urban or regional history in New South Wales
The Young People's History Prize for a book or audio/visual presentation which increases the historical understanding of children and young adults
The Multimedia History Prize for the presentation of history utilising non-print media (including film, television, radio, CD-ROM, DVD or website)

Closing Date for the 2009 NSW Premier's History Awards: Friday 17 April 2009.
Eligibility period: Works first published or produced between 8 March 2008 and 27 March 2009
Entry Fee: $ 40.00 (incl. GST) per nomination (exemptions apply) Guidelines and nomination forms for the Premier's History Awards may be downloaded from the Arts NSW website, or obtained from Arts NSW, PO Box A226, Sydney South NSW 1235, ph. (02) 9228 5533, or via email.

2009 THE NSW HISTORY FELLOWSHIP ($20,000) and the inaugural
2009 NSW ARCHIVAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP ($15,000) are open only to people living in New South Wales who are working on subjects relating to New South Wales.

Closing Date for the Fellowships: Friday 8 May 2009. There is no entry fee.

Guidelines and nomination forms for the Fellowships may be downloaded from the Arts NSW website, or obtained from Arts NSW, PO Box A226, Sydney South NSW 1235, ph. (02) 9228 5533, or via email.

MAX KELLY MEDAL
The Max Kelly Medal plus a prize of $500 is awarded annually to a 'beginning' historian for a work of excellence in any aspect of Australian history. The Medal was established as a tribute to Associate Professor Maxwell John Kelly (1935–1996), the first elected President of the History Council, who died suddenly in 1996. Applications close 15 December 2009.

JOHN FERRY AWARD
The John Ferry Award is awarded annually to recognise outstanding local and community histories within New South Wales.

The award has been established through donations from the history community to honour the memory of John Ferry (1949-2004). An exemplary teacher and community historian he played a major role in practising and encouraging quality local studies during his career as a school-teacher, and then as lecturer and senior lecturer at the Armidale College of Advanced Education and University of New England.

Nominations for work undertaken in 2008–09 will close 30 June 2009.

ERNEST SCOTT PRIZE
The Ernest Scott History Prize is awarded annually by Melbourne University to work based upon original research, which is, in the opinion of the examiners, the most distinguished contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand or to the history of colonisation published in the calendar year prior to the first day of January of the year in which it is to be awarded.

THE WILEY BLACKWELL AWARD 2007
The Organising Committee of the 2007 Australian Historical Association Conference, Engaging Histories, held at University of New England, Armidale (23–26 September), together with the publisher, Wiley-Blackwell, established a prize of $500 and a citation for the best paper presented by a current postgraduate student in any field or period of history at the conference. The award was also open to papers delivered in the Australian Mining History Association Conference and Seventh Armidale Seminar in Mediterranean Antiquity, both of which formed part of the 2007 AHA conference.