Nominations are being accepted now through October 5 for the Greensboro History Museum’s prestigious 2025 Voices of a City Award. The award recognizes significant and original contributions to local history. Nominations for both individuals and organizations will be accepted, and self-nominations are welcome.

Eligible projects can be as varied as our city, including oral history, photography, film, published articles, books, student research papers, film and electronic media. Collectors of historical documents or artifacts are also eligible. Previous winners include the J.C. Price School Project, historians Gayle Hicks Fripp and Scott Culclasure, journalist Jim Schlosser, the Ever-Achievers Retired Teachers Club, and William Moss (Carolina Field of Honor). The 2024 winners were preservationist Eric Woodard and the Vance Chavis Library Heritage Quilters.

Nominations should include a letter and at least one example of work for consideration, provided in either hard copy (articles or book), CD/DVD or digital format. For digital content, please share web address, a Google Drive, Dropbox link, or mail in a USB thumb drive to the address below. Submissions will be evaluated by the GHM Inc. Community Engagement Committee and its Advisory Board. Award criteria include project originality and significance; innovation; quality of research within current academic scholarship; sources consulted; and accessibility of material to the local community and beyond.

The nomination period for the Voices of a City Award ends October 5. Awards will be presented at the GHM Inc. Annual Dinner on November 10. “There are many individuals and organizations working on behalf of local history especially in neighborhood and community projects,” says Museum Director Carol Ghiorsi Hart. “We encourage all to submit nominations for this significant recognition.”

Send submissions to:
Voices of a City Award
Greensboro History Museum
130 Summit Avenue Greensboro, NC 27401

Or email Museum Director Carol Ghiorsi Hart.