Thomas Allen Award

Award Criteria:

In 2013 the award was founded to promote research and philatelic writing......

• Each year the Thomas F. Allen Award recognizes the writer(s) of the best article that appeared in the Philatelic Literature Review during the previous calendar year.
• The nominated article is chosen by the subcommittee from the articles that appeared in the Philatelic Literature Review the previous calendar year.
• The winner is announced in the 3rd quarter issue of the PLR and the August issue of The American Philatelist. The award is presented at the Society’s annual summer awards banquet.
• The award includes a check for $500.

Recommendations:

1. The Thomas F. Allen Award Subcommittee has the sole responsibility of recommending a nomination to the Board of Directors of the APS. The Board retains the privilege of approving or rejecting any recommendation or naming an awardee themselves.
2. The goal is to make one recommendation, including a brief explanation of merit, to the APS Board by March 1st each year.

Eligibility:

1. The article must have appeared in the Philatelic Literature Review in the year prior to the year the award is to be given. The author need not be living at the time of the nomination.
2. The article chosen shares new research or knowledge or takes previous works and creates or reworks the information with new and interesting ideas, relevant to today’s philatelic researchers.
3. The focus of the article is on philatelic literature, research, or libraries.
4. The staff of the Philatelic Literature Review, members of the APS and APRL boards, and members of the subcommittee are ineligible for consideration of the award.