The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the
Colony of Virginia

SCHOLARSHIP CONTESTS
$1000 Scholarship Award--College Undergraduate
$1000 Scholarship Award—Graduate Student

The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia announces its
thirty-first annual scholarship awards,
to be presented at the National Assembly, June 2012

WHO MAY ENTER:

Undergraduate Students or High School Seniors
College Graduate Students

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, 2012

SUBMISSION:

Two typed copies. Entries generated on a computer should include a disk.
TO: Mrs. Carol Chambers Gibson
1146 Fairway Drive West
Hideaway, TX 75771-5155

QUESTIONS TO:

Carol Gibson,
Email: Ccham444@yahoo.com

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.

See also: Virginia Branch Scholarship