Nominations open for 2019 Governor's Humanities Awards

Press release

Humanities Montana seeks nominations for the 2019 Governor’s Humanities Awards, to be conferred at a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda Feb. 7, 2019. Nominations of individuals aged 40 years and younger are especially welcome to recognize and honor great promise, innovation, or achievement in the humanities. 

The deadline for nominations is Friday, April 27.

In 2017, Gov. Steve Bullock and Humanities Montana recognized six Montanans for their extraordinary work in the humanities: Chere Jiusto, John Murray, Hal and Sheila Stearns, Karen Aspevig Stevenson and Dorothea Susag. The full history of the awards and past honorees can be found at http://www.humanitiesmontana.org/programs/gha/.

“This is an opportunity to celebrate gifted, generous Montanans,” said Ken Egan, Humanities Montana’s executive director.  “The Governor’s Awards are a perfect occasion to recognize the breadth and depth of humanities talent in the state.”

Nominations should be no more than 1,000 words and should address the nominee’s contributions to the humanities in Montana. The humanities include the study of literature, history, Native American history and cultures, philosophy, languages, religious studies and other disciplines. Nominations for both individuals and organizations will be considered. Members of the Humanities Montana board and staff are not eligible for consideration, nor are deceased individuals. Nominations should be e-mailed to [email protected] or sent to Governor’s Humanities Awards, Humanities Montana, 311 Brantly, Missoula, MT 59812. For more information, people can call 406-243-6022.

  There are no formal award categories. Nominees are evaluated for achievement in humanities scholarship and programs, efforts to bring new audiences to the humanities, support for humanistic programs through volunteering and donations and more.

Humanities Montana is the state’s independent nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency that supports learning in history, philosophy, literature and other humanities disciplines. Founded in 1972, Humanities Montana provides grants for public humanities programs, statewide Montana Conversation programs, Hometown Humanities, and Montana Center for the Book programs.