Creative Loafing Photo Contest (Deadline March 2011)

You’ve only got a few days to Show Us Your Neighborhood. That’s the theme of the Creative Loafing Photo Contest, and the deadline to enter — with a chance to win the top $ 1,000 prize — is Tuesday, Mar. 1 at 5 p.m. We’ve already received close to 300 entries, but who knows ? The winner may still be out there, and that photo could be yours.

We invite you to share your personal vision of a Tampa Bay neighborhood. You might focus your camera on people — friends, family, neighbors, strangers — or you might prefer to show the physical environment: streetcorners, skyscrapers, man-made or natural, urban or rural. Your shot can be posed or candid, closeup or wide-angle, straightforward or abstract, black-and-white or color — we’ve even received a few 3-D entries. In making their decisions, judges will consider compositional and technical excellence; distinctiveness of vision; and relevance to the neighborhood theme.

On March 24, we’ll showcase the best submissions in The Photo Issue, an edition of Creative Loafing devoted to telling Tampa Bay’s stories through photography. On Mar. 26, we’ll announce the winners at our annual multi-disciplinary arts event, Sensory Overload, to be held this year at the Glazer Children’s Museum in downtown Tampa. Top finishers will also get a show at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts this fall.

Find an entry form and full details on prizes, judging and contest rules at the CL Photo Contest site. See you in the neighborhoods!

We're looking for shots that reflect your personal vision of a Tampa Bay neighborhood. It could be your own neighborhood, or just one that you find intriguing. You can focus on any aspect of the neighborhood - a house, a block, an event; families, friends, strangers; manmade, natural, urban, rural. And your shot can be posed or candid, closeup or wide-angle, straightforward or abstract, black-and-white or color - just so long as it says something about the corner of Tampa Bay you've chosen to photograph. In considering the entries, judges will consider compositional and technical excellence; distinctiveness of vision; and relevance to the neighborhood theme.

Enter Your Photos to Win !

First Place
$1,000

Second Place
$500

Third Place
$250

Additional Prizes
Classes and gift certificates from FMOPA, the International Academy of Design & Technology and the Dunedin Fine Art Center.

Exhibitions
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (Gallery C):
September 8-November 6

Sensory Overload :
The Glazer Children's Museum, Sat. Mar. 26

CL Photo Issue :
March 24

Contest Rules and Guidelines

SOURCE

Dates for submission : Feb. 1- Mar. 1
Entry deadline : Tues. Mar. 1, 5 P.M.
Application fee : $5 per photo, limit of 3 photos per photographer.

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Lincoln Venture Business Plan Competition (Deadline March 2011)

Invest Nebraska’s statewide business plan competitions are designed to provide opportunities for Nebraska’s many talented entrepreneurs. So far, Invest Nebraska has organized six Venture Competitions: the Northeast Nebraska Venture Competition; the Western Nebraska Venture Competition; the Hormel Business Plan Competition, serving the area surrounding McCook, Nebraska; the Southeast Nebraska Venture Competition; the York Venture Competition, and the statewide “East to West” Nebraska Venture Competition.

All business plan competitions are open to start-ups as well as existing businesses located in, or willing to locate to, the region specific to the competition. In the case of the statewide competition, the region is the state of Nebraska.

Why do we need competitions?

The Invest Nebraska Venture Competitions are intended to inspire and encourage entrepreneurship in the state of Nebraska. The winner of each local business plan competition receives a direct capital investment, usually ranging between $20,000 and $30,000.

Creating Partnerships

Our Venture Competitions are different from most business plan competitions in that the prize is not a simple cash award. Instead, the prize is an actual investment, by which Invest Nebraska becomes a shareholder in the winning business. From our perspective, there could be no better way to pledge our long-term support and commitment to the competition winner, and to the state, than to take a stake in your business.

The competition winner benefits from this relationship in a variety of ways. In addition to the investment, the winner is the recipient of mentoring services from the Invest Nebraska Board of Directors in areas such as business, legal, operations and marketing.

Last, but not least, the winner learns two extremely important business skills: corporate governance and shareholder responsibility. No matter how successful you are, if you want your business to grow, you are going to need to earn the support and respect of your lenders, investors, shareholders, and business partners.

Earning a reputation as a responsible and professional partner is by far the best investment you can make in your business. And what could be better than knowing that when you succeed, Nebraska succeeds with you, creating opportunities for other like-minded entrepreneurs in your community?
Interested?

To learn more about the venture competitions, contact Invest Nebraska Corporation’s Executive Director, Dan Hoffman at dan@investnebraska.com.


Invest Nebraska, in partnership with the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development and the University of Nebraska Entrepreneurship Center, is excited to announce the 2011 Lincoln only venture competition.

When : March 15, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.

Where : Embassy Suites at 1040 P St. Lincoln, NE

How : Apply here

What : $25,000

Rules and Guidelines – 2011 Lincoln New Venture Competition

Deadline for submissions : March 7, 2011

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The Milena Jesenská Fellowship Program For Journalist (Deadline April 2011)

Open to : experienced journalists
Fellowship : EUR 7,630 for the three month program

The Milena Jesenská Fellowship Program offers European Journalists time off from their professional duties in order to pursue in-depth research on a topic of their choice.

Applicants are asked to relate their proposals to one of the main research fields of the IWM
1. Sources of Inequality / Social Solidarity
2. Religion and Secularism
3. United Europe – Divided History
4. Cultures and Institutions: Central and Eastern Europe in a Global Context
5. The Philosophical Work of Jan Patocka

A jury of experts will evaluate the applications and select the finalists. Applicants will be notified of the jury decision in June 2011.
Eligibility

Applicants must have worked in print, broadcast or online journalism for several years and must be able to provide proof of their outstanding professional record.

Application
* download the application form (from the official webpage)
* write a concise project proposal in English (not more than 3 double-spaced pages)
* include a CV (with list of publications)

Send all the documents to:
Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen
Fellowship Coordinator
Spittelauer Lände 3
1090 Wien
Austria
Fellowship

The fellows are invited to spend three months at the IWM in Vienna, Austria.
They will receive a stipend in the amount of EUR 7,630 and are provided with an office, access to e-mail and internet, in-house research facilities, and other relevant resources in Vienna.
Travel grants of up to EUR 1,820 can be paid for research trips to neighboring countries.

Official Webpage

Deadline : 15 April 2011

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Bethesda Poetry Contest (Deadline March 2011)

Awards

• First Place : $500
• Second Place : $250
• Third Place : $150

Winners will be honored at a special event during the Bethesda Literary Festival, held April 15-17, 2011. Winning poems will also be posted on the Bethesda Urban Partnership Web site.

Guidelines
Poems cannot be more than 21 lines of text. Do not double space your entry. Only one entry per person. Poems must be original work. Poems containing material that is obscene or objectionable will be disqualified.

Eligibility
Contest open to residents of Washington, D.C., Maryland or Virginia and are 18 or older at the time of entry. Current and former employees, contractors, and officers of Bethesda Urban Partnership, their immediate family members, and those living in the same domicile therewith are ineligible. Current students, relatives, or close friends of the judge are also ineligible.

Requirements
Submissions must be sent by email as Microsoft Word documents to poetry@bethesda.org. All entries must include a cover page with the author's full name, mailing address, phone number and email address. Submissions without this info will be disqualified.

Copyright
All entrants retain the copyrights that they have in the poems they submit, but by participating in this contest, all entrants grant Bethesda Urban Partnership (BUP) the rights, license, and ability to use and publish all submitted poems (in complete or excerpted form) on the BUP web site, on other Web sites and in other media.

Judging
The poetry contest will be juried by Michele Wolf.
Michele Wolf is the author of Immersion, selected by Denise Duhamel for the Hilary Tham Capital Collection, published by The Word Works. Her previous books are Conversations During Sleep, winner of the Anhinga Prize for Poetry, and The Keeper of Light, winner of the Painted Bride Quarterly Poetry Chapbook Series award. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, The Hudson Review, Boulevard, North American Review, among many other journals and anthologies. A contributing editor for Poet Lore, Wolf received an Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award and fellowships from Yaddo, Edward F. Albee Foundation, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County. Additionally, she has taught at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD since 2002. Her website is http://michelewolf.com.

Notifications
Winners will be contact by April 1, 2011.

SOURCE

Deadline : March 11, 2011.

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The Southeast Review Writing (Short Story, Poetry, Narrative Nonfiction) Contests (Deadline March 2011)

SER went online for regular submissions, and now we are proud to offer an online submission option for our contests as well !!! ... We can't wait to see what you've been working on, so please consider submitting your contest entry online by clicking HERE !!!

(Note : The submission fee for online entries is $16 to help offset the cost of the service. We will continue to accept mailed submissions sent by March 15th, 2011.)

World’s Best Short Story Contest

Send up to three short-short stories per submission, accompanied by a $15 reading fee for mailed submissions ($16 online). Each short-short story should be no more than 500 words. Include your name, contact information (email address preferred), and the title of each of your short-short stories in a very brief cover letter. Do not include personal identification information on the short-shorts themselves. Robert Olen Butler will judge. One winner will be chosen and awarded $500. The winner and nine finalists will be published in spring/summer 2012. For mailed submissions, label envelope: WBSSSC.

The Southeast Review Poetry Contest
Send up to three poems, no more than 10 pages total, accompanied by a $15 reading fee for mailed submissions ($16 online). Include no more than one poem per page. Include your name, contact information (email address preferred), and the title of each of your poems in a very brief cover letter. Do not include personal identification information on the poems themselves. David Kirby will judge. One winner will be chosen and awarded $500. The winning poem and nine finalists will be published in spring/summer 2012. For mailed submissions label envelope : SER Poetry Contest.

The Southeast Review Narrative Nonfiction Contest
Send one piece of nonfiction, no more than 6,000 words total, accompanied by a $15 reading fee for mailed submissions ($16 online). Include your name, contact information (email address preferred), and the title of your submission in a very brief cover letter. Do not include personal identification information on the submission itself. Mark Winegardner will judge. One winner will be chosen and awarded $500. The winning essay and two finalists will be published in spring/summer 2012. For mailed submissions, label envelope: SER Nonfiction Contest.

General Contest Guidelines

2011 UPDATE : Now there are TWO WAYS to submit !!! You may either send your typed entry via snail mail to the address listed below, OR take advantage of our brand-new online contest submission option by clicking HERE (please note, in order to offset the cost of the electronic submission service, online entries have a fee of $16). For mailed submissions, make checks or money orders out to : The Southeast Review. Electronic and postmark deadline : March 15th, 2011.

Friends and current or former students of the judge and those who have been affiliated with Florida State University within the last five years are ineligible.

For mailed submissions, please do not send an SASE. Winners will be announced on the website in June. All contestants will receive the issue in which the winning submissions appear.

Send all submissions to :
The Southeast Review
Department of English
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306

SOURCE

DEADLINE : March 15th, 2011

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Young Artist Competition (Deadline April 2011)

Eligibility : The competition is open to all clarinetists who shall not have reached the age of 27 by January 1, 2012 (i.e., born on or after January 1, 1985) and are not currently under major artist management.

Application : Please submit an ONLINE APPLICATION and mail a print-out of the confirmation page along with your other application materials. Send materials postmarked no later than Friday, April 8, 2011 to :

President-Elect : John Cipolla, Department of Music, Western Kentucky University
Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center #351
1906 College Heights Blvd. #41029
Bowling Green, KY 42101 - 1029
e-mail : john.cipollaica@gmail.com
phone : 270-745-7093

Contest Rules

• Application fee : $50 US. All applicants must be members of the I.C.A. and submit an Online Application. Non-members wishing to apply may join the I.C.A by including the appropriate membership fee with their contest application fee. Payments should be made payable to I.C.A. in U.S. currency by bank check, money order, or credit card only. The application fee is non-refundable.
• Recording Instructions : Please provide a high quality recording on compact disk (CD-R) containing the following repertoire in the exact order listed. Repertoire must be recorded with accompaniment when appropriate. Any published edition is acceptable. Each selection/movement should be ID coded as tracks. Audiocassettes will not be accepted. Please be aware that the quality of the recording will influence the judges. Recordings should not be edited and only continuous performances of entire works or movements are allowed.

1. Bela Kovács, Hommage a Manuel de Falla (from Hommages Clarinet Solo by Béla Kovács)
2. Bernhard Crusell, Concerto No. 3, Op. 11 (mvt 1)
3. Elliot Carter, Gra for solo clarinet

• A photocopy of the contestant's driver's license, passport or birth certificate as proof of age.
• Both the private teacher, if any, and the contestant attest in a separate written and signed statement that the recording is the playing of the contestant and has not been edited.
• A summer mailing address, telephone number and email address should be provided. Email is the preferred means of communication. Please check your email regularly as this is how you will be contacted.

Judging

Judging of recordings will be conducted with no knowledge of the contestant. Do not include any identification on the CD-R or box. There should be no speaking on the recording such as announcing of compositions.

Preliminary judging will be by recorded audition. Semi-finalists will be chosen by committee. Notification will be sent by Saturday, May 14, 2011. Semi-final and final rounds will be held at the ClarinetFest® 2011, to be held in Northridge, California, USA, August 3-7, 2011. Semi-finalists will receive a waiver of registration fees for ClarinetFest® 2011. Visa, travel arrangements, and other expenses are solely the responsibility of the contestant.

Repertoire for the semi-final and final rounds of competition will consist of selections from the works listed above. A pianist will be provided for competitors in the semi-final and final rounds. Memorization is not required. All contestants will accept the decision of the judges as final. Past first-prize winners are not eligible to compete.

All recordings will become the property of the ICA and will not be returned.

Prizes

1. First prize - $2,000 U.S. and a professional clarinet
2. Second prize - $1,500 U.S.
3. Third prize - $1,000 U.S.

WEBSITE SOURCE : http://www.clarinet.org/youngArtistComp.asp

Deadline : April 8, 2011

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Thacher Environmental Research Contest (Deadline April 2011)

Thacher Environmental Research Contest - $ 3,500 in cash awards available - Entries due April 11, 2011

From the massive Gulf oil spill to the continued decline of Arctic sea ice, satellites and other observing instruments have proved crucial this year in monitoring the many environmental changes -- both natural and human-induced -- occurring on global, regional and local scales.

The 2011 Thacher Environmental Research Contest, sponsored by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, challenges high school students (grades 9-12) to conduct innovative research on our changing planet using the latest geospatial tools and data, which in recent years have become increasingly accessible to the public.

Eligible geospatial tools and data include satellite remote sensing, aerial photography, geographic information systems (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS). The main focus of the project must be on the application of the geospatial tool(s) or data to study a problem related to Earth's environment.

Geospatial tools and data have numerous uses in science research, ranging from climate prediction to archaeology. They can be used to improve our understanding of Earth systems, including interactions within and among the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere. They also can be used to improve the quality of our lives by supporting weather prediction, natural hazards monitoring, agriculture, land-use planning, coastal management, transportation, public health, emergency response and other fields.

The Thacher Environmental Research Contest (formerly the Thacher Scholars Award) was founded in honor of former IGES board member Peter Thacher, who was a leader in promoting the use of satellite remote sensing. Thacher was former deputy executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, NASA advisor and, at the time of his death, president of the Earth Council Foundation/U.S.

Awards

Student Awards: The best projects will receive cash awards in the amount of $2,000 for first place, $1,000 for second place and $500 for third place. Entries can be submitted by individuals or teams. In the case of team entries, the cash award will be split equally among the winning team members. Winners also will be featured in an Encyclopedia of Earth article.

Teacher Awards: In addition to the student prizes, teachers of the first-, second- and third-place students or teams will receive a $200 amazon.com gift card. If participation is part of an after-school club or other activity independent of school, the student or team can identify an adult "coach" who would be eligible for this award (e.g., a parent, club leader, etc.). Only one teacher or coach recognition award will be provided for each 1st, 2nd and 3rd place entry.

Eligibility

1. Any student who is enrolled in and attending high school (grades 9-12 - public, private, parochial, Native American reservation, or home school) in the United States or U.S. territories; or

2. Any student who is a United States citizen and enrolled in a high school (grades 9-12) attending:

• Department of Defense Dependents' Overseas School or an accredited overseas American or International School; or
• foreign school as an exchange student; or
• a foreign school because his/her parent(s) are temporarily working and living abroad.

3. Entries can be submitted by individuals or teams. In the case of team entries, the cash award will be split equally among the winning team members. All team members must meet eligibility requirements.

Deadline

Entries must be received April 11, 2011. IGES plans to announce the winning entries around May 18, 2011.

Contest Rules

1. Only one entry per student.
2. Student reports should not exceed 20 pages (including title page, abstract, text, charts/tables/images, and any appendices).
3. Students should pick a presentation style that best suits their project. However, all reports should contain a title page (with project title, student's name and contact information, teacher/coach name and contact information); abstract (a short description of the project, no more than 300 words); discussion of the procedures that they followed, results, and what was learned; and references.
4. Every submission must include a completed entry form.
5. Page format: 8 1/2 x 11" single-sided paper, 1 inch margins (top, bottom, and sides), 12 point font and double spacing.
6. All sources and or references used (including websites) must be credited/referenced. Students may use the style guide of their choice. There are several major style guides from which students can choose, e.g., Chicago Manual of Style, Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, and stylebooks of several newspapers (N.Y. Times, Wall Street Journal, etc.).
7. No project will be eligible that involves human or non-human vertebrate animal experimentation.
8. Entries can be submitted either as (a) hard copies or (b) emailed as PDF files to ThacherContest@strategies.org. If you are submitting your entry in hard copy, please include two sets of the entire entry (1 original and 1 copy), including entry form, are submitted to IGES.
9. Signed, complete entries must be postmarked April 11, 2011.
10. The names of the winning entries will be posted around May 18, 2011 at http://www.strategies.org.
11. Late or incomplete entries will be disqualified.
12. All entries will become the property of IGES and will not be returned.
13. Winners agree that information and photographs related to their entries can be used on the IGES website and in IGES publications (e.g., brochures, annual reports), press releases, and for other publicity purposes.
14. As a condition of entry, entrants agree that IGES shall have the right to use, copy, reproduce, publish, modify and make available the entry to the public via IGES' website for any purpose, including but not limited to advertising and promotion of the contest.
15. Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for, and winners consent to, IGES to use a winner's name, likeness and entry for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation.
16. IGES plans to periodically contact winning students (e.g., annually to track academic and career paths). Winning entrants agree to respond to brief follow-up surveys.

Submit Entries To :

Email PDF entries (by 11:59 p.m. entrant's local time, April 11, 2011) to : ThacherContest@strategies.org

Or send two sets of the entry (one original and one copy) to :

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Attention: Thacher Contest
1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 901
Arlington, VA 22209
703-312-0823
or submit your entry as a PDF file by emailing it to: ThacherContest@strategies.org

more information

DEADLINE : April 11, 2011

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National Schools' Handwriting Competition (Deadline May 2011)

The Competition opens on 22nd November 2010 and closes on 16th May 2011. Full information and entry form are included on this official website, which is generously being hosted by John Catt Educational.
This national competition offers all 4-14 year olds the opportunity to show off their handwriting and provides the opportunity for teachers and individual pupils to ensure handwriting continues to be an essential part of our educational process. For a teacher, competition is a great way to motivate children and for an individual pupil a way to show off a skill, demonstrate artistic flair, control of a medium and individual style. There are prizes to be gained by Class winners and Individual Age Group winners. We are very pleased to announce that prizes in all categories will be generously supplied to us by the Manuscript Pen Company Ltd.
Satips will donate the cash prizes for the winning school and runner-up school. We are delighted that Patricia Lovett, expert, scribe and lecturer, will be again working with the panel of judges to evaluate the entries for legibility, flow, consistency, individuality, layout and tidiness. Please read the report from the 2010 competition which gives hints and tips on how to win.
Schools can read the rules and download the application form from this website. The entry checklist gives a step-by-step guide on how to enter the competition.

How to Enter

There are five entry classes. Click on the class appropriate to the entrant.

Class A (6 years and under) : http://www2.handwritingcompetition.co.uk/poema.htm
Class B (7 - 8 years) : http://www2.handwritingcompetition.co.uk/poemb.htm
Class C (9 - 10 years) : http://www2.handwritingcompetition.co.uk/poemc.htm
Class D (11 - 14 years) : http://www2.handwritingcompetition.co.uk/poemd.htm
Class E (Staff Prize - open to all school staff) : http://www2.handwritingcompetition.co.uk/poeme.htm

Class A and B entrants may use a pen or pencil and lined or unlined paper.

Class C, D and E entrants must write with a pen on unlined paper.

Class D entrants should submit a poem of their own choosing, giving the name of the poem and its author.
The Poem should be not less than 12 lines long nor greater than 16 lines long.

Entrants must write their name, age and school postcode on the back of each entry.
(Please do not include the school name)

Click to download (all the poems). http://www2.handwritingcompetition.co.uk/Poems.pdf

Click to find out what to do with completed entries. http://www2.handwritingcompetition.co.uk/competitionrules.htm

Entry Form

From here you can download a copy of the entry form for the 2011 Handwriting Competion. Just click on the link below.

Entry Form 2011 http://www2.handwritingcompetition.co.uk/handwritingform.pdf

Competition Rules

1. The competition is open to all schools with children aged 14 years and under.
2. All postal entries must bear the correct amount of postage or they will not be accepted.
3. All entries must include an entry form
4. Only entries on A4 paper will be accepted. Entries in Class A and B may be written in pen or pencil and on lined or unlined paper. Entries for classes C, D and E are to be written in ink on A4 unlined paper.
5. Entries may be illustrated but may be disqualified if these illustrations or decorations overlap the writing.
6. In order to maintain anonymity during judging, the entrant's name and age (at the date the entry was written), together with the school's postcode, must be written on the BACK of each entry. Please do not include the name of the school on the back or the front of the entry.
7. All entries should be grouped together according to the age of the entrant, e.g. all 8 year-olds together.
8. There is no limit as to the number of entries per school, but only one entry per person is allowed.
9. The closing date for receipt of entries is 16 May 2011. No acknowledgement will be sent.
10. All entries should be addressed to: Mrs P Harrison, Cherry Trees, Stebbing, Great Dunmow, Essex CM6 3ST
11. Judging will take place by the end of June 2011. Prize winners will be notified in July 2011.
12. Entries will not be returned, and copyright of the entries shall become the property of the organisers who have the right to publish or exhibit them. The organisers cannot accept liability for lost, defaced or damaged entries.
13. The decision of the organisers shall be final, and no correspondence shall be entered into.

Checklist

We receive many entries each year and to help us sort them quickly please ensure that you have included the relevant information with the entries from your school. Please make sure you have read the full Competition Rules. Good Luck!

• Is each entry on A4 paper?
• Is the name and age of each child written on the back of each entry?
• Is the postcode for the school clearly marked on the back of each entry?
• Are all the entries clearly divided into batches according to the children's ages (not entry class) e.g. all 7 year-olds' entries together?
• Have you packed your entries well in order to prevent damage?
• Have you completed the entry form, weighed your parcel and put on the correct amount of postage?

Prizes

Provided by satips :
£500 for the school with the best collection of entries.
£250 for the runner-up school.

Pens and certificates will be awarded to the winners of each class as well as prizes for individual age group winners.
Runners-up will receive certificates.
Satips is grateful for the generous support of the Manuscript Pen Company Ltd.

If you are experiencing any difficulties downloading anything from this site, please email enquiries@johncatt.com

For More Information Click Link Bellow
SOURCE : http://www2.handwritingcompetition.co.uk/

Deadline :  16th May 2011

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The ASME Solar Energy Division Graduate Student Award (Deadline March 15, 2011)

The ASME Solar Energy Division is pleased to announce the annual award to be presented to an outstanding graduate student working in an area of solar energy. Areas of interest include :

1. Fundamentals and Theory
2. Solar Optics
3. Solar Collectors
4. Solar Thermal Power
5. Photovoltaics
6. Solar Chemistry and Bioconversion
7. Solar Space Applications
8. Conservation and Solar Buildings
9. Sustainable Cities and Communities
10. Low and Medium Temperature Heating and Cooling Applications
11. Energy Storage
12. Testing and Measurements
13. Wind Energy
14. Climate Changes

The award consists of $ 1000, a recognition certificate, and registration at the ASME 5th Energy Sustainability Conference to be held in August 7-10, 2011 in Washington, DC.

Eligibility
Applicants must be student members of ASME enrolled as full-time graduate students, both effective at the date of their application.

Application Procedure
The completed Application must include :

1. The Application Form (to be downloaded at (http://divisions.asme.org/solar/Solar.pdf )
2. A Statement of Research Official copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts
3. Two (2) letters of recommendation, one from the research advisor

Statement of Research

1. The Statement of Research is to be written by the student and must represent the student's own thinking.
2. It is to be written using non-specialized terms that are clear and unambiguous, so that someone not intimately familiar with the specific field of research but with a solar energy background can understand the material.
3. The Statement of Research is limited to three pages including figures. (Type size should be no smaller that 12 points and margins no less than one inch).
4. It should include a brief overview of the research, method of approach, and discussion of potential significance of the results.

The application material should be submitted electronically to Jorge E. González, Chair of the Graduate Student Award committee, at the following
e-mail address : gonzalez@me.ccny.cuny.edu

SOURCE

Deadline : March 15, 2011

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Tawag ng Tanghalan Singing Competition (April 2011)

The Philippine Cultural Foundation, Inc. presents "Tawag ng Tanghalan 2011" Singing Competition at PhilFest 2011 !! This competition will be held on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 8PM at the Sinagtala Theater of the Philippine Cultural Enrichment Complex. Open to all Filipino-American singers, 16 years and older. PhilFest is a 3-day Filipino festival to be held from Friday to Sunday, April 8-10, 2011.

CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. “Tawag ng Tanghalan” is solo vocal competition to be held on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 8:00PM at the Sinagtala Theater, 14301 Nine Eagles Drive, Tampa, Florida 33626. It is open to any Filipino-American, 16 years or older. Each contestant may or may not represent a Filipino-American organization, county or state and must not have won first prize in any past “Tawag ng Tanghalan” competition at PhilFest.
2. Each contestant may have a live accompanist or a recorded accompaniment (CD only). If using a live accompanist, please inform the contest coordinators beforehand to arrange for proper sound amplification if needed. If using a CD accompaniment, please indicate your name and the track number that is to be played. CD accompaniments must be submitted prior to the contest proper.
3. Computation of scores will be according to criteria set by a panel of judges. Winners will be announced at the end of the competition. The decision of the panel of judges is final. Cash and other valuable prizes will be awarded to the winners and runner-ups. The first prize winner may be invited to perform at the succeeding festival days.
4. Contestants and winners will NOT be provided with complimentary passes or any special privileges to the festival.

All interested contestants MUST complete the Contest Entry Form in order to be eligible for the competition. This must be sent by mail to :

TAWAG NG TANGHALAN
Bayanihan Arts and Events Center
14301 Nine Eagles Drive
Tampa, FL 33626

Or via fax at (813) 818-9599

by Friday, April 1, 2011 at 5:00 PM. Only the first 12 applicants will be eligible to participate due to competition time constraints. Please call (813) 925-1232 or email info@pcfitampa.org to receive the form via fax. It can also be downloaded from our website at www.pcfitampa.org.

Website Entry Form : Click here to download "Tawag ng Tanghalan 2011" Contest Entry Form You will need Adobe PDF Viewer Plug-in to view this file.

SOURCE INFORMATION HERE

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