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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