The Huguenot Society of the Founders
of Manakin in the
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| SCHOLARSHIP CONTESTS | ||
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$1000 Scholarship Award--College Undergraduate |
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The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony
of Virginia announces its twenty-eighth annual scholarship awards,
to be presented at the National Assembly, June, 2009, in Richmond, Virginia.
| WHO MAY ENTER: | Undergraduate Students or High School Seniors College Graduate Students |
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| All applicants must submit proof that they are either currently enrolled or have been accepted to a college or university. High school seniors must send a copy of a letter of acceptance from their college or university. Students currently enrolled in a college or university must send a copy of their latest transcript or a letter of recommendation by one of their professors. | |
| WHAT TO ENTER: | An Essay |
| Each entrant must write an essay on the history and/or impact of the Huguenots in Europe, Colonial America, the Colony of Virginia or the settlement at Manakintowne, Virginia. | |
| HOW TO ENTER: | |
| Undergraduate category must be a minimum of ten (10) double-spaced pages. Graduate category must be a minimum of twenty (20) double-spaced pages. All essays must have footnotes or endnotes, and include a bibliography. | |
| DEADLINE: | April 1, 2009 |
| SUBMISSION: | Two typed copies. Entries generated on a computer should include a
disk. TO: Dee Smothers, 2nd Vice President and Scholarship Chairman, Manakin Huguenot Society 2708 Buckner Road, Thompsons Station, Tennessee 37179-9277 |
| QUESTIONS TO: | Dee Smothers, Phone: 615 794-3546; Email deesmothers@aol.com |
| The essays will be judged by the Omohundro Institute of
Early American History and Culture, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg,
Virginia. The $1000 awards will be paid directly to the individual winners for use in further education. The Society reserves the right to first publication of the winning essays, in the publication, The Huguenot. The author will retain all other literary rights in the manuscript. |
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See also: Virginia Branch Scholarship
