Regional Contests

Regional History Day Contests

Arkansas is divided into seven National History Day regions, each with its own regional coordinator. Regional Coordinators work with the State Coordinator to assist teachers whose students are participating in History Day. Regional Coordinators can help set up field trips to academic libraries or archives within a region. The Regional Coordinators also host a regional History Day competition each spring.

Southeast Arkansas History Day

Region 4 – University of Arkansas at Monticello
Regional Coordinator: Dr. Sharon Silzell
Email: silzell@uamont.edu
Regional Contest Registration: https://ar-r4.nhd.org/
Registration Deadline: Feb 5, 2025
Contest Date: February 26, 2025

South Arkansas History Day

Region 5 – Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources
Regional Coordinator: Paige Creed
Email: paige.creed@arkansas.gov
Regional Contest Registration: https://ar-r5.nhd.org/
Registration Deadline: February 4, 2024
Contest Date: February 25, 2025

South Central and Southwest Arkansas History Day

Region 6- Ouachita Baptist University
Regional Coordinators: Dr. Myra Houser, Dr. Casey Motl, Dr. Lisa Speer
Email: houserm@obu.edu, motlk@obu.edu, speerl@obu.edu
Regional Contest Registration https://ar-r6.nhd.org
Registration Deadline: February 7, 2025
Contest Date March 1, 2025

Central Arkansas History Day

Region 7 – University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Regional Coordinator: Dr. Kristin Dutcher Mann
Email: kdmann@ualr.edu 
Regional Contest Registration: https://ar-r7.nhd.org 
Registration Deadline: February 7, 2024
Contest Date: March 1, 2025

North Central and Northeast Arkansas

Region 8 – Harding University
Regional Coordinator: Dr. David Adams
Email: ArkansasHistoryDay@harding.edu 
Regional Contest Registration: https://ar-r8.nhd.org/ 
Registration Deadline: February 3, 2025
Contest Date: February 22, 2025

Arkansas River Valley Contest

Region 9 – Alma High School
Regional Coordinator: Erin Mills
Email: emills@almasd.net 
Regional Contest Registration: https://ar-r9.nhd.org 
Registration Deadline: February 7, 2025
Contest Date: March 4, 2025

Northwest Arkansas Contest

Region 10- University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Regional Coordinators: Joshua Youngblood and Kimberly Hosey
Email: khosey@springdalear.gov 
Email: jcyoungb@uark.edu 
Regional Contest Registration: https://ar-r10.nhd.org 
Registration Deadline: February 14, 2025
Contest Date: March 8, 2025