Focus on the Family College Writer's Scholarship Contest

[Danielle Abigail Maxwell]

I don't see this ANYWHERE, I even searched it. And the contest has been up since the 1st apparently.

Focus on the Family/Whit's End is hosting a College Writer's Scholarship Contest. College students can enter, and it is writing a script and hoping for a scholarship and the chance to have that script recorded and aired!

While I don't know ANYTHING about the recent characters, since they give a list of characters you can use, I probably can't enter. The kind soul on ff.net who told me about it told me I should. What praise. lol.

But, anyone who can confirm they are in college classes/in college can enter.

http://whitsendblog.org/writerscontest/

The contest is to commemorate 25 years of Odyssey.

*and while I haven't seen this, if there is another thread or I'm not supposed to have mentioned this, then the thread can go.*

Good luck to all who enter. I might try. But working with characters you know nothing about... could be difficult. lol. $1000 is pretty dang good for college.

Deadline is January 15th, 2012. It started on the 1st of September, 2011.

PS: I was just reading the list of characters. Why isn't Jason listed? Wasn't he just recently around anyway?




If you found this, then congrats. You know what to do.

[Bennett]

Thanks for posting this. I agree, very few websites have been mentioning this, and sadly, not enough of a big deal has been made. This is a chance to write your own Odyssey script! Fans should be going bonkers.

I wrote a little bit about it here

I look forward to hearing the winning script. I wonder what sort will win.

[EMBEE]

I'd totally enter this if I were old enough. Best wishes to everyone who does enter though.

[Bob]

I expect the specific age limit is why fans aren't 'going bonkers' -- requiring that applicants be currently enrolled in college cuts off a lot of people who're too young, a lot of people who're too old, and anyone who's about the right age who haven't yet enrolled, for whatever reason.

That eliminates much -- or even most -- of the AIO online community, so it isn't very surprising that not too many of them would be interested in something they can't really play a part in.

[AlexMitchell]

I understand about the whole age restriction thing, but since I am in the age range, I'm SUPER excited! I even had the bare bones of a plot idea before the contest came out. It kind of makes sense to give it to college students because 1) They grew up with the show, so they know it really well and 2) in college you can get lots of specific help and feedback from people like writing professors, or maybe you're a media major, which fits what you're studying anyway.

I'm glad FotF remembers us older fans!

[Marvin D.]

I understand about the whole age restriction thing, but since I am in the age range, I'm SUPER excited! I even had the bare bones of a plot idea before the contest came out. It kind of makes sense to give it to college students because 1) They grew up with the show, so they know it really well and 2) in college you can get lots of specific help and feedback from people like writing professors, or maybe you're a media major, which fits what you're studying anyway.

I'm glad FotF remembers us older fans!

lol. . .lots of college students haven't known AIO as long as some 14 year old who's listened to it since he was 3 And for two, I can get lots of help from various people, since my Mom knows some English/writing professors.

So yeah. . .I still think the contest could have been included for others too, buutt. . .I won't have to waste my time on this, I'll work on the NaNo

[31899]

This looks interesting, but I'm not sure I have the time.

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[Lee]

I would love to see someone from the ToO win this. Would that be cool or what?

[LizzieG]

I'd love to see someone from my Odyssey Club win this.