Caughey Western History Prize Grant

Caughey Western History Prize Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Western History Association
Amount: US $2,500
Last Updated: February 28, 2026

Summary

The Caughey Western History Prize, awarded by the Western History Association, honors the best book in Western History with a $2500 prize. This award recognizes distinguished scholarship on the American West, promoting appreciation for its diverse history. With roots in the John and LaRee Caughey Foundation, the prize encourages submissions from previous calendar year publications. The WHA facilitates collaboration and education in western history through conferences and publications, fostering a rich academic community.

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. Caughey Western History Prize This $2500 award honors the best book in Western History.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. All submissions must have a copyright date in the previous calendar year. Presses should submit nominations and a copy of the book to each member of the award committee. While the formal process requires presses/journals to submit the work of their authors, the WHA strongly recommends that authors check with the award committee chair a week before the deadline to see if they received a copy of their work.