Call for Nominations:
2004 Young Leaders Scholarship

Feb. 11, 2004 —Who wants to attend the ASBPE National Editorial Conference for free this year? If you are 30 years old or younger, it could be you.

ASBPE’s annual Young Leaders Scholarship (YLS) will allow up to five editors to attend the editorial conference this year on June 24–25, 2004 at the Sofitel Hotel in downtown Philadelphia. The scholarships are open to all business editors, including print and Web. You do not have to be a member to be eligible for the scholarship.

Winners will also attend the ASBPE Awards of Excellence banquet. This dinner honors the best in the business press.

Scholarships pay for the conference registration and meals, the awards banquet, as well as a hotel room for two nights. Transportation to and from the conference, nonconference meals, and other costs are the responsibility of the winners.

Winners will also receive a free one-year membership to ASBPE, if they are not already members, and will be assigned a mentor for the duration of the conference. Additionally, winners will report on conference seminars for the member newsletter.

“We’re trying to generate interest in ASBPE and encourage younger editors to stay in the editorial side of business and trade magazines,” said ASBPE treasurer Frances Richards, who heads up the scholarship committee. “ASBPE has offered the scholarships for three years now, and we find that the winners begin to take a more active role in the Society. Several are active in our local chapters and have become chapter officers as well.”

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• be 30 years of age or younger (as of June 20, 2004);

• have worked at least two years as an editor of a business magazine or the magazine’s associated Internet publication;

• be sponsored by their publication’s chief editor;

• plan to make the business press a career; and

• not be a past YLS winner.

Submission materials

Applicants must:

• supply a current résumé;

• write an essay (500 words or less) explaining how they became involved in the business press and why they are interested in this scholarship;

• share their feelings (500 words or less) on what they believe to be the biggest challenge faced by business publication editors today;

• pretend it is 2014 and write an essay (500 words or less) explaining where they are in their careers and how they got there;

• provide one-page letter from their publication’s chief editor supporting their candidacy; and

• send in two recent samples of their magazine writing.

The deadline for applications is April 9.

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