Emerging Civil War Seeks Nominations for our 2026 Civil War Round Table of the Year Award

Emerging Civil War is seeking nominations for our 2026 Civil War Round Table of the Year Award, which will be publicly announced at the 2026 Emerging Civil War Symposium. This award seeks to recognize Civil War Round Tables for their efforts in the previous calendar year in engaging with both the Civil War community and the public at large. We invite self-nominations from all Civil War Round Tables.

Submissions:
Please submit a completed package to emergingcivilwar@gmail.com by May 1, 2026. This package should be a single Word or PDF document that includes:

1. An introductory statement about the Round Table as a whole.
2. A section addressing the award criteria listed below.
3. A section with point of contact information including the email address, phone number, and mailing address for a primary point of contact.

Criteria:

1. Meetings Specifics: How often does your Round Table meet and what types of meetings do you have? (physical, virtual, hybrid, other)
2. Membership Details: What sort of turnout do you have for your meetings? This information should include average number of people who attend meetings, how many dues-paying member your Round Table has and what percentage of dues-paying members attend meetings on average? What is the 12-month average of that attendance information?
3. External Education Initiatives: What educational initiatives does your Round Table implement or participate in?
4. External Preservation Initiatives: What preservation initiatives does your Round Table implement or participate in?
5. Other Initiatives: Does your Round Table partner with other organizations or work on any other initiatives? What makes your group stand out?
6. ECW Participation: How much have you engaged with ECW and our partners? In explaining this, please include a list of all your speakers from the previous two calendar years (2024 and 2025).

Some Overall Thoughts and Reminders:

1. As a reminder, the 2026 ECW Civil War Round Table Award is honoring work by organizations for their efforts in the previous calendar year. That means that for the 2026 award, we are seeking information from the 2025 calendar year.
2. The award seeks to recognize organizations for everything they do. Overall membership size does not matter. Small Round Tables can do amazing things and large Round Tables can be duds, or vice versa. Rather, help us understand the quality of experience people have with your Round Table.