SCHOLARSHIPS DUE IN NOVEMBER
CBC LITERARY AWARD
Due Date: Refer to link
Amount: $4000-$6000
Basic Eligibility Requirements:
- Canadian citizen or permanent resident
Special Documents/Submissions/Requirements:
- Submit an original and unpublished work in one of the three categories: short
story (2000 - 2500 words), creative non-fiction (2000 - 2500 words), or poetry (1000
- 2000 words)
- A fee of $20 is required
NOTES:
- See web page: www.radio-canada.ca/prixlitteraires/english/index.shtml
PRINCESS ROYAL PAN AM SCHOLARSHIP
Due Date: Refer to link
Amount: Refer to link
Basic Eligibility Requirements:
- Involvement in the community (volunteering)
- Registered as a full-time student at a post-secondary institution
- Sports involvement
Special Documents/Submissions/Requirements:
- Provide supplies budget for your upcoming training and competitive season
NOTES:
- See web page for information: http://www.sportmanitoba.ca/scholarships.php
WENDY'S CLASSIC ACHIEVER
Due Date: Refer to link
Amount: Refer to link
Basic Eligibility Requirements:
- Canadian citizen or permanent resident studying in Canada
- Be in their final graduating year of a Canadian high school or CEGEP, with the
intent to enter college or university in the next academic year
- Achieved at least a 70% average in their previous school year
- Participated in at least one extracurricular activity
- Demonstrated involvement in their local community (i.e. volunteer work)
Special Documents/Submissions/Requirements:
- Essay - 200 words - see web site for details
NOTES:
- 210 awards are available
- There is a check-list on the web-site to help you with all the information needed
- Application is done online, no forms to mail
- See web page for more specific information: http://www.studentawards.com
PASSION FOR FASHION
Due Date: Refer to link
Amount: Refer to link
Basic Eligibility Requirements:
- The Art Institutes Passion For Fashion Competition is open to legal residents of
the USA, Puerto Rico and Canada (excluding residents of Quebec) who are full or
part-time grade 12 students scheduled to graduate with a minimum 2.0
cumulative grade point average as of date of entry and prize award.
- An eligible minor should have his/her parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to
enter.
- To enter, you must be a grade 12 student scheduled to graduate, and you must
fulfill all general admission and competition guidelines.
Special Documents/Submissions/Requirements:
- Your entry must include:
• Completed Entry & Release Form.
• Your high school transcript showing a minimum 2.0 GPA.
• A short essay (800 words or less) outlining why your fashion entry isunique/innovative and explaining your interest and motivation for a career
in fashion.
• A finished, originally designed eveningwear garment product.* The productmay be any of the following — shirt (size Medium); pants, dress, or skirt
(women size 8 or men size 40);or suit, including blouse, pants, or skirt
(women size 8 or men size 40).
• Process Book (compiled in 8-1/2" x 11" binder), which serves as your designprocess summary, from original idea to finished product.
- The book should include:
1. A written summary of your overall concept.
2. A review of influences on your entry, including fashion designers, music,television shows, or movies.
3. Sketches, illustrations, photographs, or digital images of your project as itevolved from concept to completion.
4. A written summary of people that you contacted for information about yourproject, including the advice they provided and its influence on you.
NOTES:
- See web page: www.artinstitutes.edu/competitions/passion-for-fashion.aspx
THE MANITOBA CO-OPERATORS SCHOLARSHIP
NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE 2009/2010 SCHOOL YEAR
Due Date: Refer to link
Amount: Refer to link
Basic Eligibility Requirements:
- Be a Manitoba resident enrolled full-time or part-time in a post-secondary
program in journalism, communications or broadcasting anywhere in Canada
- This competition excludes applicants that are employees of Glacier Ventures
International Corp. and their families
Special Documents/Submissions/Requirements:
- Submit an original essay of no more than 1,250 words on one of the following
topics:
* What does the agriculture industry - including farming, research,
agribusiness and other sectors - need to do to attract and maintain young
people in the profession?
* To what extent is the hog industry to blame for Lake Winnipeg’s current
state of water quality?
* Farming is a business, not a way of life, and should be treated that way.
Do you agree or disagree, and why?
NOTES:
- Essays can be submitted one of three ways:
* By regular mail to “Manitoba Co-operator Scholarship” Box 9800,
Winnipeg, MB R3C 3K7
* By fax to 204-954-1422
* By e-mail to news@fbcpublishing.com
- Essays must be accompanied by a cover page including the applicant’s name,
mailing address, daytime and evening phone numbers and e-mail address (if
applicable)
- The cover page must also indicate the name, mailing address and phone number
of the post-secondary institution or secondary school he or she currently attends.
- Essays must be submitted in text only. Mailed or faxed essays must be typed
and double-spaced
- No artwork, computer graphics, video or audio attachments will be accepted.
Essays sent by e-mail should be sent in either Microsoft Word or text-only format
- This competition will consider original non-fictional material only. Any essay
found to include material plagiarized in whole or in part fro mother sources
without accreditation, or to have been written by anyone other than the stated
author, will be disqualified
- Successful applicants will be notified by the end of December.