The eLearning Africa Photo Competition 2011

Capture this! How ICTs are empowering people across Africa –
The eLearning Africa Photo Competition 2011

The 2nd eLearning Africa Photo Competition aims to capture how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can nurture talent, skills and innovation across Africa. We invite you to send us your photos that depict outstanding achievements in Africa - empowered by ICTs, or that show innovative ways in which ICTs can foster the growth of people, communities and society.

Photo Competition 2010

We are looking for your contributions from any sector of life – be it health, agriculture, business, community life or education – innovation is everywhere and it can come from every single one of us!
To find out more and spread the word, eLearning Africa 2011 is launching a new photo competition, encouraging people across Africa to Capture this! How ICTs are empowering people across Africa. Send us a picture that shows how ICTs have really made a difference to how you live, learn and work with ICTs and, along with it, forward us a brief description of the idea or project behind your entry. You can win a top-quality digital camera and other useful technical gadgets.

The prizes

1. Canon Power Shot S90 photo camera
2. Asus Eee PC R105, a high quality low-power netbook
3. Flip Ultra HD Camcorder

The members of the jury will select the winner and the ten best photos will be featured in an exhibition from May 25th – 27th at eLearning Africa 2011 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The winners will be announced on this website.

Participation in the contest is free.

The deadline for entries is April 21st, 2011.
Late entries will not be considered. The winners will be informed by e-mail four weeks after the closing date at the latest. The prize can neither be transferred nor paid out in cash.

 Source : http://www.elearning-africa.com/photo_competition_home.php

$7,500 for Brief Writing over Spring Break? April 15 deadline

APRIL 15th DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR LEGAL BRIEF WRITING CONTEST
$7,500 PRIZE
TUPPER LAKE, NY - On Friday, November 19th 2011, the newly created Tupper Lake Business Community, Inc. announced a writing contest that is being submitted to law schools around the country, seeking students who are interested in preparing a brief concerning the influences that have had a negative effect on the Adirondack economy.

Full details and rules regarding the contest are posted online at http://tlbusiness.org

First prize for the writing contest will be $7,500; second prize $2,000; and third prize $500. All brief submissions must be received by April 15th. The panel of judges will be announced in the near future.

Committee Spokespeople Mark Moeller and Beth Johnson told the group of nearly 50 people, that there has been tremendous attention given to the environment in the Adirondack Park, with little regard to the economy. Moeller noted, "the intent of the contest is to have the law students from around the country review the influences on local businesses as well as on the regulatory agencies within the Adirondack Park, by outside parties and preservationist advocacy groups, and to prepare a brief that will be judged by a panel of experts in order to highlight and quantify the impact those influences have had on the economy and the people of the Adirondacks."

Johnson added, "we believe this group supports the true intent of the Adirondack Park Act, and believes the staff of the Adirondack Park Agency are true professionals that care about the environment and economy of the Park. This effort is not directed at them." Johnson went on to say, "there are groups who have had an undue adverse impact on our economy, and have used tactics that have come at a great cost to the local economies within the Park."

Moeller also clarified the difference between this group and ARISE. "The TLBC group has a very narrow focus with donations going for a specific purpose. ARISE has a more broad approach, and they are not set up for this type of advocacy."

The writing contest will focus specifically on Tupper Lake, knowing that much of the information provided by the students, will have a regional implication.

Attorneys Doug Wright and Kirk Gagnier, have been in contact with top law schools and, gauging the reaction by some of the professors, have reported that there seems to be overwhelming excitement about the project. Gagnier said, "there is a growing trend across the country, that advocacy group influence has come at a quantifiable cost, and this writing contest will offer a legal opinion on the impact felt in Tupper Lake."

Wright added, "there has been no discussion of this leading to a legal suit against any groups or individuals. This is an educational, research based effort that will be reviewed carefully after the submissions are made."

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Tupper Lake Business Community, Inc. is a New York not-for-profit association of businesses, formed to aggressively solicit information and solutions from various groups to advance the business environment in upstate New York, specifically Tupper Lake. More information is available at http://tlbusiness.org.

The California Supreme Court Historical Society 2011 Student Writing

The California Supreme Court Historical Society
2011 Student Writing

DEADLINE: June 30, 2011

AWARD: The winning author will receive a prize of $2,500 and publication in the Society’s journal, California Legal History. Second and third place winners may also be chosen, and all winning papers will be posted on the Society’s website, www.cschs.org.

TOPIC: Original, unpublished scholarly writing on any aspect of California legal history, ranging from the Supreme Court itself, and its justices and decisions, to local events of legal historical importance—including biography, significant cases, independent state interpretation, the California Constitution, and reorganization of the court system, as well as areas of law such as criminal law, civil rights, family law, tort liability, environmental law, and taxation—in any time period from 1846 to the present.

On the leading position and nationwide influence of the California Supreme Court, see the article on “Followed Rates” by Jake Dear and Edward W. Jessen: http://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/41-2_Dear.pdf

JUDGES: The entries will be judged by a panel of legal historians.

ELIGIBILITY: The submission must be written during the student’s enrollment in a school of law or as a graduate student in history, political science, government,
public policy, or a related field.

GUIDELINES: The maximum length of submissions is 6,000 words, exclusive of footnotes, in 12-point type, double-spaced, with 1" margins. To ensure anonymity, the author’s name should appear only on a separate cover page with mailing address, telephone number, email address, and name of school. Entries should be submitted as an email attachment in electronic format (Word, WordPerfect, or pdf).

SUBMISSIONS and QUESTIONS: Please send to the CSCHS Student Writing Competition Chair at smsth@aol.com

Source :http://legalwritingcompetitions.blogspot.com/

Industrial CASE Awards for 2011 - deadline 29th April 2011

Environmental Sustainability KTN have been allocated four EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Industrial CASE Awards for 2011, We are now inviting applications for these industry-sponsored PhD studentships in areas that align with our and EPSRC’s strategic directions and research priority areas.

Industrial CASE Awards are three and a half year postgraduate awards aimed at enabling companies to take the lead in defining and arranging projects, with an academic partner of their choice.
 
The estimated total award for each studentship is £69,121.  The total contribution from the non-academic partner to each project must be a minimum of ? of the EPSRC award.  This will mean that organisations must be prepared to commit to a minimum cash contribution of £23,040 to each project.  This will be in addition to costs involved in joint supervision and reimbursing each student’s expenses in attending the partner’s premises for at least 3 months over a typical 3.5 year award.

Industry partners should submit their applications to arrive no later than 17:00 on 29th April 2011.

Source : https://ktn.innovateuk.org/web/sustainabilityktn/articles/-/blogs/industrial-case-awards-for-2011-deadline-29th-april-2011

ITS#PHOTO Prize. Deadline: 7 April, 2011

ITS#PHOTO
PRIZES: 5.000 euro + exhibition for all finalists
DEADLINE: 7 April 2011
ENTRY FEE: No entry fee
ELIGIBILITY
-College students in their last year of a Photography course (BA or
MA) who will graduate in 2011 in Photography.
-Photography graduates.
-Young talents not in possession of a degree in
Photography who work professionally as photographers
PORTFOLIO: a portfolio of 8-14 images on the theme “Open the
possibilities” should be submitted by post. Before sending the
portfolio it is necessary to pre-enroll online
EVENT and EXIBITION
10-15 finalists will be selected and will be invited to Trieste, Italy
on 15-16 July 2011 for the finals. Their photos will be displayed in a
dedicated exhibition in the ITS#TEN location and viewed by all the
guests of the event: international press, opinion leaders,
professional photographers.
for more information
ITS#PHOTO website: http://www.itsweb.org/jsp/en/photography/index.jsp
PDF entry requirements: http://www.itsweb.org/pdf/ITS10-Photo-Entry.pdf
ITS#PHOTO Previous Juries’ Members
Angela Vettese – Curator, Critic
Ari Marcopoulos – Photographer
Arianna Rinaldo – Photo editor for “D – La Repubblica delle Donne”,
chief editor “Ojodepez”
Carl De Keyzer – Photographer MAGNUM PHOTOS
Cecilia Dean – Editor of Visionaire
Denis Curti – Photographic Critic and Director of Contrasto/FORMA
Enrico Bossan – Director of Photo Dept. Fabrica, Editorial Director
Colors Magazine
Gianni Berengo Gardin – Photographer
Lee Swillingham – Art Director of POP
Maria Luisa Frisa – Curator & Journalist
Michele Lupi – Editor in Chief GQ Italia
Sarah Moon – Photographer

Source : http://thecuratorship.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/itsphoto-prize-deadline-7-april-2011/

Annual journalism contest goes online, deadline March 25

The 2011 SPJ San Diego Area Journalism Competition is open now, and entries will be accepted until midnight the evening of Friday, March 25.
This year, for the first time, the contest is online. All contest entries must now be submitted online (except for entries in the College Media Best Newspaper category, which must be mailed and postmarked by the contest deadline). All entries must be submitted by the deadline of March 25, and payment must be made online by credit card (preferred) or by checks mailed and postmarked by Friday, April 1.
For more information about the 2001 SPJ San Diego Area Journalism Competition, click on the Journalism Contest page on the right side of our website.   Read the contest Guidelines, How to Enter, and Frequently Asked Questions, then enter the contest  here.
The contest recognizes the best in print, broadcast and online journalism from calendar year 2010 in 130 categories for professional and student media, plus five special awards with cash prizes:  the Sol Price Prize for Responsible Journalism, the First Amendment Award, the Herbert Lockwood “Woody” Award for humor writing, the Diversity Prize, and the James Julian Memorial Award for community service reporting.
Members get a discounted entry rate of $10 per entry (compared to $30 for non-members), so be sure to join or renew your SPJ national and chapter membership now at www.spj.org/join.asp and have your membership number handy when you get ready to submit your entries. Students pay an entry fee of $5 per entry, regardless of whether they are SPJ members.
Don’t delay – enter the 2011 SPJ San Diego Area Journalism Competition now!

Source : http://sdspj.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/annual-journalist-contest-goes-online/

Strawberry Festival Logo Contest

From Tioga County Council on the Arts :

Owego Strawberry Festival Committee Announces 2011 Logo Contest & Rules! There will be a winning design award of $ 150 !! The theme of the 31st Annual Owego Strawberry Festival to be held on Saturday June 18th will be "Strawberryville, Owego, N.Y.”

1. The 31st Annual Strawberry Festival, Owego NY and 2011 must appear in or around the design.
2. The most visible use of the logo will be on festival T-Shirts and posters, therefore it must be a graphic design.
3. Artists may submit as many entries as they wish.
4. Designs must be original work, not used elsewhere
5. Entries may be any size or shape appropriate for a T-Shirt front (no smaller than 6x6 and no larger than 12x12). Any appropriate medium may be used, however no paste-ups will be allowed.
6. Designs should consist of at the most four (4) colors, one color being the T-Shirt background and the other three being ink colors. Clean, bright designs free of small detail reproduce the best on cloth.
7. Submitting entries are required to be in final, camera-ready form. Entries may be monochrome or color, but should indicate how color will be used in the final design.
8. All entries will become the exclusive property of the Owego Strawberry Festival Committee.
9. The Owego Strawberry Festival Committee may request additional modifications to the original design.
10. DO NOT sign your entry! Attach an envelope to the back of each entry and include a note with your name, address, and telephone number.
11. All entries are due at the Tioga County Council on the Arts office at 179 Front Street, Owego, by 4:00 pm on Friday April 22, 2011.
12. The winning entry will be chosen by Friday, April 29, 2011.

Source : http://www.newschannel34.com/content/developingnews/story/Strawberry-Festival-Logo-Contest-2011/HO4UCYQvj0G9MewcsFkPVw.cspx