Jensen-Miller Prize

The Western History Association offers the Jensen-Miller Award for the best article in the field of women and gender in the North American West. No time period restrictions apply, and essays will be judged on their significance to the field, their contributions to knowledge and their literary quality. The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University funds this $500 prize and provides a plaque to the author of the winning essay. The Coalition for Western Women's History began awarding the Jensen-Miller Award in 1990 and administered the prize until the WHA became the award facilitator in 2009. Any WHA member, publisher, or author of an essay/article may nominate work that was published in the relevant year. Peer-reviewed journal articles and essays from anthologies are eligible for the award. Journal editors and authors may submit nominations electronically. Submissions must be one pdf file and include a brief cover page with author contact information and title, cover page of journal and copyright page, table of contents of the journal/anthology, and the journal article or essay itself. The WHA office sends notifications to selected award recipients at the end of August.