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Volume XIX |
In this issue....
Educational Outreach through Student Competitions
New Associate Fellow Nominations Encouraged
Society-Level Offices for 2007
Educational Outreach through Student Competitions
By Candice McKee, Manager, ISTCC, and Student Member, Oklahoma State University Chapter
Hosting a high school competition is a great way for your chapter to promote technical communication in your community and to further your educational outreach efforts. STC encourages and supports such programs at the international level through the international student technical communication competition (ISTCC). Winners of chapter-sponsored competitions are eligible to compete for recognition and cash awards in ISTCC. The competition is open to students in grades ten through twelve in the United States or the equivalent levels in other countries (qualified entrants will typically be fifteen to eighteen years old when they write their entry). Students can submit papers and Web site content that they have completed between June 1, 2005, and March 1, 2007.
The deadline for submitting winners from the chapter-level competitions to the ISTCC is March 15, 2007. Submit entries to ISTCC, c/o Candice McKee, 100 N. University Drive, Edmond, OK 73034, USA. Professional technical communicators judge entries, awarding cash prizes of $1,000 for Distinguished, $500 for Excellence, and $300 for Merit. Additionally, the winners’ high school libraries will receive a free one-year subscription to Intercom. Other entrants can receive honorable mention awards.
If your chapter plans to host a high school competition this year, complete the ISTCC chapter sponsoring form and send it to the STC office by September 17, 2006. If you are not hosting your own chapter competition, let interested students in your area know that they can submit entries to other competitions. The list of chapters hosting competitions and their deadlines for entry will be posted on the ISTCC page of the STC Web site in early October.
The complete ISTCC guidelines are available on the STC Web site. For additional information, contact Candice McKee, competition manager, at (405) 974-5628 or cmckee@ucok.edu.