If you are a high school student and you love producing videos or skits, why not participate in the Courageous Persuaders Scholarship? This is a scholarship contest where you could win scholarship by just showing some creativity in producing commercials.
The prizes include $2,000 New York Festival scholarship, $1,000 USA Today scholarship and contestants from Michigan will chance to win additional scholarships that may range from $1,500 to $3,000. Furthermore, selected participants will get to work with the McCann Erickson advertising agency.
For this year, the participants need to submit commercials that warn middle-school students about the dangers of underage drinking. Unlike other scholarship contests, the Courageous Persuaders Scholarship allows participants to submit more than one entry. So your chances of winning may be doubled if you are capable to submit two or three commercials.
The deadline for entry submission is on February 15, 2008. Entries may be submitted through YouTube. To read the contest rule, please visit this page.