Arrington-Prucha Prize Grant

Arrington-Prucha Prize Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Western History Association
Amount: US $500
Last Updated: February 28, 2026

Summary

The Arrington-Prucha Prize, funded by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, honors significant contributions to Western American religious history. This $500 cash award is open to any essay published in the previous calendar year, with no restrictions on time period or geographic focus. The prize encourages the exploration of diverse religious perspectives within the history of the American West, fostering scholarly engagement and public understanding of this rich cultural narrative.

Overview

Western History Association The Western History Association strives to be a congenial home for the study and teaching of all aspects of North American Wests, frontiers, homelands, and borderlands. Our mission is to cultivate the broadest appreciation of this diverse history. To accomplish this mission we: Enable collaborations among peoples, institutions, and organizations devoted to the study of western history. Conduct an annual conference at which western history teachers, scholars, and professionals share their research and exchange ideas that facilitate further study of the North American West. Publish an award-winning journal that employs rigorous peer reviews to identify, improve, and distribute original western history scholarship.Promote public education on western history through active involvement with teachers, museums, non profit organizations, libraries, and other venues. Arrington-Prucha Prize

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Any WHA member, publisher, or author of an essay/article may nominate work that appeared in a journal, magazine, or edited volume in the last calendar year. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.