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The Marion Gray Memorial Scholarship Fund
Women’s History Month $1,000 Scholarship Contest
LEAD International launched the first annual Marion Gray Memorial Scholarship Fund Women’s History Month Contest in 2006. Marion Gray was a founding board member and former Chair of LEAD International who had a passion for education and women’s history. Students from Middlebury High School and Harwood Union High School have won past $1,000 scholarship awards and, accompanied by their families, were honored at events in Montpelier.
This year’s scholarship winner will be announced mid-March 2008. The winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship and the 2 runners up will receive gifts.
The 2008 Women’s History Month theme, Women’s Art: Women’s Vision, recognizes the important contributions that women artists impart upon our communities. This year’s contest will focus on Vermont women artists (visual artists, writers, musicians, singers, filmmakers, dancers, theater performers, photographers, etc.)
2007 Contest Guidelines
* Note: These guidelines are based on, but are not identical to, the Vermont History Day Contest Guidelines and Rules.
Scholarship Sponsor
LEAD International
P.O. Box 1103, Montpelier, VT 05601
(802)223-5968 lead@leadintl.org / www.leadintl.org
2008 National Women’s History Month Theme
Women’s Art: Women’s Vision
Who May Qualify:
Anyone who will be enrolling as a freshman at a post-secondary school in fall 2008 is eligible for this scholarship contest. This includes all Vermont students in twelfth grade, Vermont home-schooled students, and Vermont adult residents.
How to Enter:
First Day of Contest Submissions: Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Contest Submission Deadline: Friday, February 29, 2008
All entries must be mailed to LEAD International, P.O. Box 1103, Montpelier, VT 05601 and must be postmarked by February 29, 2008 in order to be eligible for the contest. Once received, we will e-mail a confirmation within 5 business days. If a contestant does not receive a confirmation, please contact us at (802)223-5968.
Contest Awards:
- First Place - $1,000 Scholarship
- Second and Third Places - Gift
Contest Rules:
- Contestants must participate individually.
- Contestants are responsible for the research and writing of the entry, but may have help typing the entry.
- Contestants may receive advice from teachers, friends, and family members regarding the entry.
- Contestants may submit only one entry.
Contest Guidelines:
- Each contestant must interview a woman artist*** from his or her local community (town, city, or county) and must write an essay addressing the following questions:
- Why did you select this particular artist?
- What is your favorite work of this artist and why?
- What drew the artist to this particular art medium?
- What does the artist see as his or her role in the community?
- Has the artist's work made a difference in the community? If so, how?
- Each entry must be clearly related to this year’s theme.
- Each entry must have a title.
- Each contestant must interview the subject in-person at least once.
- The essay must be typewritten, single-spaced (double-spaced between paragraphs), use 12-point Times New Roman or Ariel font with no less than 1-inch margins, and must be no longer than 2 pages.
- Each entry must be accompanied by a cover page that includes:
- Name, age, and grade (if applicable) of the contestant
- Name of high school (if applicable) the contestant currently attends
- Contact information of the contestant – address, phone number, and e-mail address
- Declaration that the contestant is planning on attending a post-secondary school in fall 2008 and the name of the institution, if known.
*** Note: The term “artist” is used in the broadest sense - artist in any media (visual artists, writers, musicians, singers, filmmakers, dancers, theater performers, photographers, etc.)
Judging:
All entries will be judged by local historians, educators, and community members. Each judge will review all entries and rank them in order of his/her preference, resulting in a scholarship winner, as well as second and third place winners. Judges will be as objective as possible. The decisions of the judges are final.
Evaluation Criteria:
Essay Substance (80%)
- Does the subject relate to the contest theme?
- How is the subject significant to Vermont history?
- How well does the contestant focus on the required questions in the essay?
Essay Form (20%)
- Is the essay written clearly, with correct grammar and spelling?
- Is the essay well-organized?
- Did the contest fulfill all the requirements of the cover page and the required questions?
Judges will take any rule infractions into consideration in their final rankings.
Possible Resources:
Vermont Historical Society
(802)479-8500
vhs@vhs.state.vt.us
www.vermonthistory.org
Vermont Women’s History Project
Vermont Commission on Women
(800)881-1561
info@women.state.vt.us
www.women.state.vt.us/vwhp.html
The Vermont Folklife Center
3 Court Street, P.O. Box 442
Middlebury, VT 05753
(802)388-4964
info@vermontfolklifecenter.org
If you have any questions, please contact LEAD International at lead@leadintl.org or (802)223-5968. We look forward to sharing this exciting experience with you.
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