The Tyee and the Simon Fraser University History department have established an award to honour historian Michael Fellman, who regularly contributed to the B.C.-based online publication.
The Tyee and the Simon Fraser University History department have established an award to honour historian Michael Fellman, who regularly contributed to the B.C.-based online publication.
Fellman died last year. He was a noted historian, political commentator and author who taught for almost 40 years at SFU.
The Michael Fellman Award will acknowledge a piece of publicly accessible writing that demonstrates bold thought, clear analysis and rests on well-researched historical understanding. The winner will receive $1,000 and will be selected by a trio of judges: a Tyee editor, an SFU History department member and Michael Fellman's partner Santa Aloi. The winning piece will also be published on The Tyee in November.
Deadline: Nov. 1, 2013.
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Maximum word count: 2,500.
Applications should be sent to editor@thetyee.ca with the subject line “Submission for Michael Fellman Award.”
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Tamara Baluja is an award-winning journalist with CBC Vancouver and the 2018 Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She was the associate editor for J-Source from 2013-2014.