Cool. Wish I'd found out about this earlier.
http://www.unzcontest.org/
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Announcing the Unz Historical Research Competition
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As a means of publicizing the vast quantity of high-quality content material uniquely available on its recently released website, UNZ.org is announcing a historical research competition.
A First Prize of $10,000 and several other cash prizes will be awarded for the most significant and interesting discussion or analysis of some historical issue based on the published source material provided at UNZ.org. All entries must be received by August 31, 2012, and awards will be made by September 30, 2012.
Interested participants should examine the rules, read the description of the available content source material, and then register for the competition.
Good luck!
Overview: The Unz Historical Research Competition
UNZ.org will be awarding prizes for the most significant and interesting new discussion or analysis of some historical issue based on the source material contained within its website. Participants may be students, academics, independent scholars, or any other interested individuals. Participants must register, and then submit their entries via email on or before August 31, 2012. A panel of prominent American academics and intellectuals will select the winning entries, with the awards being announced by September 30, 2012. Submissions will be evaluated based on the importance of the discussion or analysis, the degree to which it reveals surprising or interesting aspects of history, the extent to which it changes our understanding of the past, and the likelihood that it may open new lines of additional investigation.
First Prize – $10,000
Second Prize – $3,000
Two Runner-Up Awards – $1,000 each
Summary of Specific Rules and Procedures
All participants must register for the Unz Historical Research Competition.
Participation is open to anyone over the age of 18 (or over the age of 15 with prior consent of parent or legal guardian) anywhere in the world (except where prohibited by American or foreign law).
All entries must be submitted by email on or before August 31, 2012.
All historical discussions or analyses entered in this competition must be based primarily upon published content source materials found in the UNZ.org archives.
Historical topics may include political history, literary history, personal history, intellectual history, ideological history, publishing history, science history, or any other reasonable academic subject based upon the published source materials of the UNZ.org archives.
All submitted entries must contain a brief, informal descriptive summary of the historical matter in question, between 200 and 1000 words in length. This summary should contain citations in reasonable form referencing particular UNZ.org documents. In addition, entries may include optional supporting analysis or material, with or without references, of any desired length.
All submitted entries must be deemed sufficiently accurate and important that they are accepted for publication on the Wikipedia website, including reference-links to the published source documents at UNZ.org upon which the discussion is based. Entries removed by the Wikipedia editors within fourteen days of their submission are ineligible for this competition. All submitted entries must include the location and text of the material added to the Wikipedia website as part of this competition. Historical discussions which are deemed sufficiently important to warrant creation of entirely new Wikipedia pages will be given extra consideration in this competition.
Research materials developed for this competition may also be used for any other academic or non-academic purpose, and may freely be published elsewhere. However, under participation rules, UNZ.org will have the right to publish all submitted entries or excerpts thereof on this competition website.
In order to participate, you must first read and agree to the Official Rules of the Competition provided on the Registration page.