High School or Junior High School Scholarship Contest!
American Whitewater and
Have you ever considered attending a high school for kayakers? Want to go to and and paddle amazing rivers after school? Have you had a remarkable experience related to the river that you want to write about? If so, here’s an opportunity to receive a $5,000 Academic Scholarship for the 2006-2007 academic year and find yourself studying on the banks of, and then paddling, the best rivers in
The Rules
• Applicant must be twelve to seventeen years of age.
• All entries must be submitted via email, as an attachment in Word document or Acrobat PDF format, to info@hugeexperiences.com.
• All entries must include a cover letter that lists: your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, current grade level, and your high school name and address.
• Entries should relate to river or paddling experiences and the school slogan, “…and that has made all the difference.”
• Entries may be fiction, non-fiction, poetry or news writing.
• Only one composition per applicant per category will be accepted.
• Entries must be double-spaced and no more than 1,500 words in length.
• Entries must be solely the work of the applicant; plagiarized entries will not be accepted.
• Previously published works will not be accepted.
• All entries become the property of American Whitewater and Huge Experiences.
• A panel made up of American Whitewater staff and Huge Experiences faculty will judge entries.
• Decisions of the panel are final.
Deadline
• Entries must be received by
Award
• $5,000 Academic Scholarship to the author of the best original composition to be applied to two semesters or prorated for shorter programs.
• The winner and all other applicants will be notified via e-mail and/or by mail no later than
For more information contact David Hughes at www.hugeexperiences.com or (423) 902-2029.