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Morris Brown College - Students First: Serving...Learning...Leading! DECEMBER 2000/JANUARY 2001 - 15
Morris Brown Senior
Named To Renowned
National Museum
Fellows Program
Lewis Anderson II
PHOTO BY: WILLIAM F. HULL
Lewis Anderson II, an Atlanta
native and Morris Brown College
senior, has been named to the
National Museum Fellows program
at the Atlanta History Center.
The national program designed to
draw underrepresented minorities to
the museum profession, provides
students with a rigorous 12-month
academic program, hands-on appren
ticeship and a $6,000 stipend.
First developed at the Atlanta His
tory Center, and funded by the Coca-
Cola Foundation since its inception,
the program is open to Asian-American,
Hispanic-American, Native-American
and African-American undergradu
ates. In 1999, the program was ex
panded to incorporate the Minnesota
and Chicago Historical Societies.
Anderson is a graduate of Benjamin
E. Mays High school and an altar
server at St. Paul of the Cross Catholic
Church. He is employed as chief his
tory editor and researcher for the
local publication Legacy Magazine.
COLLEGE STUDENTS INVITED
Enter Thirteenth Annual
Christopher VIDEO CONTEST
$6,000 in prizes and air time
on television series
ATLANTA — Attention all college
campuses! The Christophers have
announced their Thirteenth Annual
Video Contest for College Students.
The contest includes cash awards of
$3,000, $2,000, and $1,000 for the top
three entries. Winners will also have
their work featured on the syndicated
television program Christopher
Closeup. The program reaches mil
lions of people throughout the United
States and over 150 foreign countries
via the Armed Forces Network.
To enter, students must interpret
the theme, “One Person Can Make a
Difference.” Past winners have used a
variety of styles and genres that have
included drama, comedy, documen
tary, news format, music video and
animation.
Gerald M. Costello, President and
Administrator of The Christophers,
announced this year’s competition,
saying, “I’m excited by the growing
participation this contest generates
each year. It is encouraging to see so
CONTEST CAN MEAN LUCRATIVE CAREER FOR
Those with the “WRITE “ Stuff
H ow to break into an industry
that’s worth billions of dol
lars just on the basis of your
creative juices and hard work? It’s not
merely a dream. In the multi-billion
dollar American book publishing
industry, science fiction along with
its sister genres, fantasy and horror,
attracts millions of readers each year.
And many aspiring and budding
writers are getting their first break in
the field through the internationally
acclaimed L. Ron Hubbard Writers of
the Future Contest.
The contest, the most prestigious
one for new writers of speculative
fiction—the term that encompasses
these genres—was established by L.
Ron Hubbard in late 1983 to discover
and acknowledge new writing talent.
Since then over 250 novels, including
New York Times bestsellers, and over
2,000 short stories have been pub
lished by contestants.
One of the many successes from the
contest is Dave Wolverton who signed
a three-book contract with Bantam
Books two weeks after winning the
grand prize. He later joined the ranks
of New York Times bestselling authors
with Star Wars: The Courtship of
Princess Leia and A Very Strange Trip,
a novel he wrote based on a screen
play bv L. Ron Hubbard (Battlefield
Earth).
Among the benefits, winners receive
cash prizes, an all-expense paid trip
to Hollywood for the awards ceremony,
a week-long writers workshop and
publication of their works in the
annual anthology , L. Ron Hubbard
Presents Writers of the Future.
Although the contest encourages
entrants from all walks of life, it is
estimated that 60% of the manuscripts
submitted are from college students,
many of whom discovered the contest
by reading the anthology .
“The Contest, in recent years, has
encouraged more submissions from
college and university students. We
find that students urged other stu
dents to enter their manuscripts who
then encourage other students. It
snowballs,” commented Nathalie Cor-
debard, Contest Coordinator. The
contest is administrated by Author
Services Inc., Mr. Hubbard’s inter
national literary agency.
Another impressive feature of the
contest is the panel of judges which
includes some of the biggest names in
speculative fiction today: Kevin J.
Anderson, Doug Beason, Gregory
Benford, Algis Budrys, Anne McCaf
frey, Larry Niven, Andre Norton,
Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim
Powers, Robert Silverberg, Jack
Williamson and Dave Wolverton.
When asked if there was anyone tip
she would give to would-be entrants,
the Contest Coordinator said, “I sug
gest picking up and reading a copy of
the latest anthology, L. Ron Hubbard
Presents Writers of the Future, Volume
XVI or any of the earlier volumes.
The imaginative and creative sci-fi
and fantasy from this years winning
writers give the flavor of the contest
many young people using their crea
tive vision to express the belief that
each of us truly can make a difference
in the world.”
Entries may be created using film
or video, but must be submitted on
standard, full-sized VHS tape only,
and must be five minutes or less in
length. The contest is open to all
currently enrolled college students,
on both the undergraduate and grad
uate level. Students may enter more
than once, but an official entry form
must accompany each video. The
deadline for entries is June 15, 2001.
Official entry forms are available by
writing to: College Video Contest,
The Christophers, 12 East 48th
Street, New York, NY 10017, by call
ing 212-759-4050, and by visiting
http://www.christophers.org/
contests.html on the Web.
The Christophers, a non-profit
organization founded in 1945 and
based on the Judeo- Christian con
cept of service to God and humanity,
uses print and electronic media to
encourage all individuals to raise
the standards of public life. The
Christopher motto is: “It’s better to
fight one candle than to curse the
darkness.”
and the readers will also get great
writing advice from essays contained
in each volume of the anthologies."
(Check with your local library.)
So the career of your dreams, can
be closer than you think. For more
information, please send a SASE to:
L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the
Future Contest, P.O. Box 1630, Los
Angeles, CA 90078 or check out the
contest’s website www. writersofthe
future.org.
National Security Education Program
NSEP
Scholarships for Study Abroad
Why Study Abroad?
International experience is crucial to a competitive resume. You need skills to work in the global arena.
NSEP provides opportunities for Americans to study in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and
the NIS, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Award amounts are up to a maximum of $8,000 per semester or $ 16,000 per academic year.
You must be a U.S. citizen and enrolled as an undergraduate at a U.S. university, college or
community college. Scholarships are for study in Summer ‘01, Fall ‘01 and/or Spring ‘02.
For applications, contact your NSEP Campus Representative or the NSEP office at
tel: (800) 618-NSEP, e-mail: nsep@iie.org.
Deadline: February 5,2001.
National Security Education Program
Undergraduate Scholarships
Institute of International Education
1400 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20005
call (800) 618-NSEP or (202) 326-7697
e-mail: nsep@iie.org
See our website at: www. He. org/nsep