The HA prizes for student dissertations from archivist postgraduate courses for 2010 have been awarded.

First prize goes to Elizabeth Morgan from University College London, for her work on ‘Delivering Value for Money: why and how institutional archives should market themselves to their internal publics.' The judges agreed that her work... ‘sets out a clear thesis, explains and addresses the parameters of the study well, and provides some highly insightful observations based on interviews, surveys and a comprehensive range of case studies.'

Second prize goes to Emerlinda K M Jarman from the University of Liverpool, for her dissertation ‘An edition of the depositions from EDC2/6, deposition book of the Consistory Court of Chester, September 1558 - March 1558/9.' The judges thought this ‘a very solid introduction to the edition of the documents, with a thorough understanding of the work of the consistory court.'

Both of the winners have been invited to the HA Awards Evening on June 23^rd at Foyles Bookshop, Charing Cross Road, London to receive their prizes.

The judges had a very difficult decision to make, and the HA is delighted by the high standard of work received. We would like to thank those institutions that submitted work for their support in this the first year of our competition and we hope that institutions will continue to support us, and submit more entries for 2011.