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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS! 
GHHN's Awards for Excellence Program

2015 Awards for Excellence Winners

THE PORTAL WILL OPEN AUGUST 1!
Greater Hudson Heritage Network's Awards For Excellence program seeks to recognize and commend exceptional efforts among GHHN members. Awards are made to projects that exemplify creativity and professional vision resulting in a contribution to the preservation and interpretation of the historic scene, material culture and diversity of the region.  Awards will be presented at Greater Hudson's 2016 Annual Conference on October 28, 2016 at Locust Grove Estate in Poughkeepsie, NY.

We have streamlined our Awards process. Awards may be made to organizations or individuals in the following areas:
 Education
 Individual Achievement
 Program
 Publication

Education: can include programming for schools, children, adults, groups with special needs, lecture series, demonstrations, etc.
Individual Achievement: an individual's long-term efforts towards promoting and furthering a knowledge and appreciation of New York history.
Project: can include exhibition (physical or online), restoration, preservation, special research, web site, etc.
Publications: can include book, exhibition catalog, audio, visual, newsletter, pamphlet, etc. Nominated books should contain accurate citations, an index and a bibliography or list of works cited. 

Nominations reflecting work in 20th century documentation, or 
re-interpretation of collections are strongly encouraged; nominations of collaborative or regionally focused projects are especially welcome. 

Any GHHN member organization or individual can be nominated for projects completed in the last 12 months prior to October 2016. (projects conducted from October 2015 through October 2016). Projects not yet completed must have reached a point sufficient to permit judgment of merit. You are encouraged to nominate your own organization.

All submissions
will be made online. 
The portal will open on August 1, 2016 and will remain open until 11:59 PM on August 31, 2016. You may fill out your nomination at any point during that date range. Once signed in to your Submittable account, you may save a draft of your nomination online and come back to it as often as you wish. However, once your nomination has been submitted, you cannot make any edits or changes. Incomplete nominations will not be considered.

To begin your nomination process, you must create a FREE Submittable account. You will fill out a form with your name, email address and a password. If you already have a Submittable account (either from our Conservation Treatment Grant Program or from other grant programs), you should use that username and password to log in. You will need to be logged in to complete and submit your nomination. Once you have logged in, you will be able to access the nomination form.

Some parts of the nomination will be filled out in fields in the portal, and other parts of the nomination will now need to be uploaded as PDF files. To learn more and to submit a nomination, please visit:

We know this is a big change - if you have any questions about the new nomination procedure, please give us a call at 914.582.3353 or email [email protected]

Good Luck!