Evans biography award
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The David W. and Beatrice C. Evans Biography Awards
The Evans Biography Awards encourage the best in research and writing about the individuals who shaped the Mountain West through the awarding of two biennial prizes for excellence in biography, autobiography, and memoir.
The Evans Biography Award is a $10,000 prize given to the best biography, autobiography, or memoir of a person who lived a significant portion of his or her life in the Mountain West, or, in the words of the awards’ founders, “Mormon Country,” which is the region historically influenced by Mormon institutions and social practices.
The region is roughly an expanded Great Basin and Rocky Mountain region, extending south into Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, and north into southern Alberta, Canada.
The $2,500 Evans Handcart Award is given to a biography, autobiography, or memoir addressing similar subjects as the Evans Biography Award, but broadens the criteria to include family histories, and encourages first-time a