Call
for Applications:
ASBPE Young Leaders Scholarship
Application deadline
is March 2, 2009.
2008 Young Leaders Scholarship winners
ASBPE and Trade Association
Business Publications International
(TABPI) honored five U.S. and two international
winners in the
2008 YLS Competition. Here is what two of the winners
learned from attending last year’s conference in
Kansas City.
“The
ASBPE editorial conference is a great
opportunity to learn from the best and
brightest. The best part of the Young
Leaders Scholarship is the opportunity
to meet and interact with other up-and-coming
editors, to share ideas, experiences,
and perspectives. The scholarship also
provides a unique opportunity to get
high-level leadership and editorial
training.”
“At
the ASBPE conference, I learned a great
deal about building my magazine’s
editorial presence and impact through
multimedia. The ability to network with
other editors who are going through
the same types of challenges as I am,
as well as the ability to help others
who may be struggling through issues
I’ve conquered, made this conference
a very worthwhile event to attend.”
— Andy
Hanacek, executive editor The National Provisioner
Deerfield, IL
Each
year, ASBPE and TABPI
(Trade, Association and Business Publications
International) pay
the conference fees and hotel costs for
up to seven young editors to attend
the ASBPE
National Editorial Conference. This
year’s
conference
will be held July 15–17 in Washington,
D.C. The conference contains two days
of intensive
editorial
sessions and the ASBPE National
Awards Banquet. This dinner banquet honors
the best in the business press.
These
scholarships are open to all business
editors, including print and Web. Scholarships
pay the conference and hotel
room costs for up to five U.S.-based applicants
each year. Two editors outside the U.S.
receive an International Young Leaders
Scholarship, which includes up to $500
toward transportation costs. Winners of
the award also will receive a free one-year
membership
to ASBPE. Transportation
to and from the conference beyond what
is provided by the International Young
Leaders Scholarship, any nonconference
meals, and other incurred costs are the
responsibility
of the winners or their individual publishing
companies.
Applicants must meet
the following qualifications:
be 30 years of age
or younger (on or about July 15, 2009).
have worked at
least two years as an editor at a
business magazine or
the magazine’s
associated Internet publication.
be
sponsored by their publication’s
chief editor.
plan to continue in the
business press as a career.
not be
a past ASBPE Young Leaders Scholarship
winner.
Entries must
be received by March 2, 2009. Scholarship winners
will be notified on
or before April 30, 2009. A listing
of all
winners also will be posted on the ASBPE
Web site. If you have
questions about your submission or general
questions about the scholarship, please
e-mail them
to asbpe.info@asbpe.org or call ASBPE Headquarters at 630-510-4588.
“The
ASBPE editorial conference is a great
opportunity to learn from the best and
brightest. The best part of the Young
Leaders Scholarship is the opportunity
to meet and interact with other up-and-coming
editors, to share ideas, experiences,
and perspectives. The scholarship also
provides a unique opportunity to get
high-level leadership and editorial
training.” 
“At
the ASBPE conference, I learned a great
deal about building my magazine’s
editorial presence and impact through
multimedia. The ability to network with
other editors who are going through
the same types of challenges as I am,
as well as the ability to help others
who may be struggling through issues
I’ve conquered, made this conference
a very worthwhile event to attend.”