Do you have a family history story to tell? Have you found a solution to a family mystery?

Ensure your story is passed down instead of lost to time. Enter it in the Minnesota Genealogical Society (MGS) Family History Writing Competition!

The deadline to email your submission is 15 July 2025.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

• Topics must pertain to individuals or families who settled in or passed through the American Midwest, including Minnesota and surrounding states and provinces.
• Authors need not be members of the Minnesota Genealogical Society.
• Judges and judges’ immediate family members may not participate.
• Fiction will not be accepted. If the entry is based on family lore, describe the source of the story and how it was passed forward, and indicate efforts made to authenticate the story.
• An entry must not have been previously published.
• An author may submit only one entry.
• Winner will be expected to grant permission for publication in the MGS journal, Generations.
• Winning articles are subject to editing; the edited version is published only after review by the author.

Read more about contest rules and see FAQs here.