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UPIU National Student Journalism Writing Contest!

Have your written voice heard by millions of viewers and build your portfolio.

What matters to you most at this critical time in your life? Submit a 400- to 800-word article on one of the following topics:

A key racial, gender or sexual issue either on your own campus or at another college across town or across the country

A controversial national political topic about which you have strongly held beliefs and possible solutions

An influential role model in a passionate field of interest—anything from sports to music, business to politics and beyond

The Prize
The grand-prize winner takes home:
$500 cash
An all-expense-paid trip to UPI’s national headquarters in Washington, DC to work with key UPI personnel and to have lunch at the National Press Club
An opportunity for international exposure and local press through a byline seen by millions of readers at upi.com

Judging Criteria
We actively seek op-ed submissions that include current facts relevant to your chosen topic; ask yourself:
Does it convey vital facts within an imaginatively told story?
Is it engaging, with clarity of purpose clearly conveyed?
Does it insightfully contribute to our understanding of your chosen issue or person?
Within these parameters, show us your brilliant written word!

Instructions
All submissions are due by Sunday evening, November 15th, with grand-prize and runner-up winners announced on December 11th.
Submissions are accepted through uwemp’s online system at http://www.uwemp.com/contest

Please submit any questions to contest@uwemp.com

The Arts Initiative at Columbia University
www.cuarts.columbia.edu
Discover the arts. Discover New York

The Arts Initiative and all its programs are here to make the arts and the culture a part of your educational experience here at Columbia. Whether you’re an artist, a performer, an audience member or an occasional onlooker, the Arts Initiative is your portal to the arts on and off campus. From discounted Broadway tickets to a list of all arts-related student organizations - graduate and undergraduate - to a centralized calendar of most major campus events, you can find your 24/7 campus culture connection here. These programs include:

* CU Arts, the website and portal to Arts @ Columbia, all Arts Initiative programs and many other on and off campus arts resources.
* Arts Initiative Weekly E-newsletter, the best way to stay on top of arts and culture on and off campus
* The Ticket and Information Center (The TIC), a centralized box office for on and off campus events including discounted movie vouchers ($6.50 - $8.50) for faculty, staff and students.
* The Gatsby Charitable Fund, a fund for individual students and student organizations who produce arts-related campus events and projects.
* The Passport to New York, free museum entry with student CUID to over 30 major cultural institutions in New York City
* Columbia Alumni Arts League (CAAL), an alumni program whereby members join for $25 and enjoy discounts and special benefits to over 50 cultural NYC organizations as well as connect with fellow alumni at CAAL Events.

We would not exist without your questions, IDEAS and comments! Please send them to cuarts[at]columbia.edu. Thank you and have a great fall.

www.cuarts.columbia.edu
www.tic.columbia.edu

Best,

Chad Miller
Events and Outreach Coordinator

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Events and Outreach Coordinator
Arts Initiative at Columbia University
212.851.1875
www.cuarts.columbia.edu
www.tic.columbia.edu
facebook group: cuarts

Graduate and undergraduate students, studying at American colleges and universities, who aspire to become foreign correspondents, are invited to apply for one of twelve $2,000 scholarships to be awarded by the Overseas Press Club Foundation.

Winning an OPC Foundation scholarship is more than a cash award. Winners are invited to join the Overseas Press Club family. They are encouraged to network and keep the organization informed of their career moves. From among the scholarship winners, the Foundation also selects up to six scholars and pays travel and living expenses for them to intern at foreign bureaus at such leading news organization as the Associated Press and Reuters and foreign English-language media like Cambodia Daily and the South China Morning Post. In many cases, winning a prestigious OPC Foundation award has helped launch careers.

The judges require that applicants submit a Cover Letter, Resume and Essay. The applicant’s name and school should appear at the top of each page. The Essay of approximately 500 words should concentrate on an area of the world or an international issue that is in keeping with the applicant’s interest. It can be in the form of a story, news analysis or essay. Recent winners have written on such diverse topics as playing black jack on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, political activism in Morocco, and social upheaval in China. Applicants are also encouraged to submit essays showing a strong understanding of, or interest in, global economic issues such as trade, finance, emerging markets, immigration or environmental impacts.

The Cover Letter should be autobiographical in nature addressing such questions as how the applicant developed an interest in this particular part of the world, or how he or she would use the scholarship to further journalistic ambitions. The judges respond well to applications showing strong reporting skills, color, and understanding or passion.

Winners will be contacted in December so that arrangements can be made for them to attend the Foundation Scholarship Luncheon in February 2009 in New York City at the Foundation’s expense. Recipients are expected to attend.

Applicants do not have to be US citizens.
Applications may be sent by mail, fax or email. Please choose one. Email is preferred (Word or PDF).

DEADLINE: Monday, December 1, 2008
Email: foundation[at]opcofamerica.org
Fax: 201-612-9915
Mail: William J. Holstein, President, Overseas Press Club Foundation, 40 West 45 Street, New York NY 10036
Website: www.overseaspressclubfoundation.org

For more information, contact Jane Reilly, Executive Director, at foundation[at]opcofamerica.org or call 201-493-9087.

The Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize launches today, endowed by Benjamin Franklin House Chairman John Studzinski, leading banker and philanthropist. According to Studzinski, “Benjamin Franklin is one of history’s great figures. While he made lasting contributions in many fields, his first passion was writing. He believed in the power of the written word to inform and stimulate debate as the bedrock of a democratic society.”

Each year a question exploring Franklin’s relevance in our time will be open for interpretation in 1000-1500 words by two groups: young people and professional writers. The winner of the Young Writers Prize will receive £500 while the winner of the Professional Writers Prize will receive £1000 plus publication in a leading British newspaper. Entries for 2008 must be received before 15 October. Judges of the young people’s award will include professional writers; judges of the professional writers’ award will include young people. Winning submissions will be posted at www.BenjaminFranklinHouse.org.

For nearly sixteen years between 1757 and 1775, Franklin lived at 36 Craven Street in the heart of London, England. He is one of history’s great polymaths - a diplomat, patriot, scientist, inventor, philosopher and more. He was one of the first American journalists, writing prolifically not only on politics and foreign affairs, but on science, the arts and humanity. In 2006 his Georgian home opened to the public for the first time as a dynamic museum and educational facility. See www.BenjaminFranklinHouse.org.

2008 Theme

What is ethical journalism? Benjamin Franklin said the effects of the written word (delivered by press in his day - in ours by a variety of media) “are more extensive, more lasting.” What are journalists’ responsibilities and why?

Submissions

* Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize - Young Writers Award: Entrants must be 25 or under.

* Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize - Professional Writers Award: Entrants must be professional writers

Entries of 1000-1500 words must be sent by 15 October to info[at]benjaminfranklinhouse.org. Each entrant is asked to provide their name, address, and telephone number. In addition, entrants for the Young Writers Award should provide their age and place of study, if applicable, while entrants for the Professional Writers Award should provide a CV. Entries can be articles or essays published over the preceding year. For more information contact Alice Kershaw at Benjamin Franklin House, 020 7839 2006 or email info[at]BenjaminFranklinHouseorg.

The Journal of International Affairs is currently accepting submissions of articles that deal with contemporary international issues related to Global Finance for the Fall 2008 Cordier Essay Contest. The winning article earns its author $300 along with publication in the Journal of International Affairs.

Submission Guidelines:
1. The Cordier Essay Contest is open to all currently enrolled students of Columbia University and affiliated schools.
2. Essays cannot have been previously published, but NEED NOT be written specifically for the contest: Papers submitted for academic credit or written under other circumstances are welcome and encouraged, provided they are relevant to the upcoming issue’s theme of Global Finance and have not been published elsewhere.
3. Papers should not exceed 4,000 words.
4. DEADLINE: Essays are due by September 15th at 11:59 P.M.

To submit an essay for consideration or if you have any questions, please contact Josh Amata, Cordier Editor, at jra2121[at]columbia.edu.

About the Journal of International Affairs
As the second-oldest publication in the field of International Affairs, the Journal has published articles by preeminent scholars and practitioners that have included Jimmy Carter, Paul Volcker and Margaret Mead. The Cordier Essay Contest provides Columbia University students the opportunity to contribute their academic research the topic of that semester’s issue.

FROM: The New York Coalition for Professional Women in Arts and Media

Call for entries for the 2008 Collaboration Award

The New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts & Media (NYCWAM) will present the second biennial Collaboration Award recognizing Women Working with Women.

The $1000 award aims to encourage professional women in the arts and media to work collaboratively with other women on the creation of new works. Eligible teams are those who have completed a work, are readying a new work, or are continuing a work in progress.

Applicants may suggest any form of creative collaboration. Submissions will be judged on the basis of artistic excellence and clarity of the proposal, with special attention given to those proposals involving more than one discipline and which reflect the goals of the Coalition: to advance women and women’s issues. The team that has been selected, plus two runners up, will be invited to present a portion of their work at an awards ceremony in New York in October 2008. Women outside of New York may send a designee to present their project. NYCWAM does not pay for travel expenses.

Teams of two or more women working together on a creative project may apply for a Collaboration Award. Applicants must be members in good standing of an organization with full membership in NYCWAM. Those organizations are: Actors’ Equity Association, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Dramatists Guild, League of Professional Theatre Women, New York Women in Film & Television, Screen Actors Guild, Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers, and Writers Guild of America, East.

Funding for the 2008 Collaboration Award has been provided by playwright, Elsa Rael, and by Back Stage editor, Sherry Eaker. The first Collaboration Award was presented in 2006 to playwright Jennifer Maisel and director Wendy McClellan for their play BIRDS.

Applications may be downloaded from the NYCWAM website: www.nycwam.org

or by mail by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:

The New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts & Media

P.O. Box 2537
Times Square Station
New York, NY 10108
Completed Applications must be postmarked by May 1, 2008.

For further information after reviewing guidelines and application contact:
Deborah Savadge
Phone: 212-592-4511 or 212-595-2582
E-Mail: Collaboration@NYCWAM.org

From an e-mail received in the DOS Office.

Two journalism students - one graduate student and one undergraduate
student - will each win a $1000 scholarship and the opportunity to
intern at HuffingtonPost.com in New York or Los Angeles. The
scholarships will be awarded on Monday, May 15, 2006 to the two
students who best represent the new age of citizen journalism. Two
additional runners up will be offered the honor of interning at
HuffingtonPost.com. The contest will be judged by Arianna Huffington
of The Huffington Post.
Details at
DEADLINE: May 1, 2006
Questions: Citizenjournalism@gatherinc.com
DETAILS: http://journalism.gather.com