• Barry M. Goldwater Award - Best Convention Paper on Arizona History

• • L. Boyd Finch, “Robert Frost, JFK, and Stewart Udall”

• Collegiate Award - Best Convention Paper on an Arizona Topic by a College Student

  • Donna Hartz, “The Antiquities Act of 1906—Changing the Face of Arizona ”

• Don Bufkin Prize - Best Convention Paper dealing with the Territorial Period of Arizona History. Papers dealing with Arizona Geography, broadly defined, or Cartography are particularly encouraged.

  • Erik Berg, “Rock Hounds and River Rats: The 1937 Carnegie-Cal Tech Colorado River Expedition.”

• Friends of Arizona Archives (FAzA) Award - Award for the Best Paper that Demonstrates the Best Use of Archival Research.

  • Carol Palmer, “Doing It for Our Daughters: Arizona Women and the ERA”

• McFarland Scholar Awards - Best Project on any Subject Pertaining to the History of Arizona or the American Southwest in Association with National History Day Competition in Arizona
  • Senior Category
    • 1st Place - Samatha Abraham, Chino Valley H.S., "Sharlot M. Hall Individualist . . . Historian" (Exhibit)
      Teacher, Cellene Smith
    • 2nd Place -Joseph Breen, Buena H.S., "Treason? or Workers Rights? The Bisbee Deportation" (Exhibit)
      
  • Junior Category
    • 1st Place - Emma McMahon, John Jackson, Arizona Virtual Academy, "The Colorado River War" (Documentary)
      Teacher, Home School, Mary Reed & Denice Jackson
      
    • 2nd Place - Colin Elsberry, Home School, "Winds of Change: Paolo Soleri at Arcosanti" (Documentary)
      Teacher, Susan Elsberry
      

• Arizona Historical Society C. L. Sonnichsen Award for Best Journal of Arizona History Article

  • Louis A. Hieb, “‘The Flavor of Adventure Now Rare’: H. C. Rizer’s Account of James Stevenson’s 1882 Bureau of Ethnology Expedition to Canyon de Chelly”             (Autumn 2005) JAH  

  • James F. Elliott II Award for Best Journal of Arizona History Article by a Non-Professional Historian

    • Earl Zarbin, “Henry Garfias: Phoenix ’s First City Marshal” (Spring 2005) JAH

• Arizona Historical Society

  • Al Merito Award - Given to an individual who has made a valuable contribution to the preservation, understanding and awareness of Arizona and its History.

    • Victor M. Linoff