Expertise has its own rewards. In the case of history essays at Northeast Texas Community College, the reward might be something greater than an ‘A’. For the eleventh straight year, the history professors of NTCC will feature the Bonnie Spencer Awards for the four best research papers in non-honors classes. This year there will be four winners with each obtaining $50 for their efforts.Essays should be at least 1,000 words with correct historical citations. The essays should have been written for a fall-of-2025 or a spring-of-2026 in a non-honors-seminar history class at NTCC. Students interested in entering their essay into the competition should notify professors Fulgham, McGregor, Russo or Yox at mfulgham@ntcc.edu, jmcgregor@ntcc.edu, jrusso@ntcc.edu or ayox@ntcc.edu .