Phillimore Prize 2005

Phillimore Prize 2005

20 October 2005

The Society of Archivists Phillimore Prize is awarded annually to encourage publications by record offices and similar institutions. This year the judges have decided to award the Phillimore Prize for publicity and marketing materials that promote the archive or its archival collections. The following material will be eligible: posters, exhibitions/displays (photos of the event, posters, online marketing materials etc), leaflets, websites, guides to collections, give aways (for example, pens, bookmarks).

The judges will be looking at how the publicity and marketing material encourages audience development, supports social inclusion initiatives and links into heritage and tourism. The competition is open to all local and national record offices and archive holding bodies, apart from The National Archives.

The prize winner will be announced at the Society of Archivists AGM in the spring of 2006 and will receive books to the value of £300 which may be chosen from Phillimore's current list or may be phased to include future purchases.

Those wishing to submit a website should send an email indicating the precise URL of the web pages they wish to enter to Katie Woolf at The National Archives (katie.woolf@nationalarchives.gov.uk). Printed material and ephemera should be sent to Katie Woolf, National Advisory Services, The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU by 31 December 2005.