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News Flash:
Scholarship Contest-
Click Here For An Application
The McKinley and Sylvester Jackson Book Award:
Family Enhancement Center and
Prioritybooks Publications are
co-sponsors of the contest.
McKinley and Sylvester Jackson were the older brothers of the
publisher of Prioritybooks Publications. They both died too young of
cancer. While living they encouraged their siblings to continue
their education and did whatever they could to make sure that
education remained the focus. They felt strongly that education was
the key to success. This book award is an essay contest on any issue
that affects teenagers which may inpact their educational success. We
are looking for essays that are powerful and that will help adults
to understand teenagers and the problems that they have to face. We want to help! Show us in your words what the issues are.
Essays must be at least 500 words.
This contest will begin March 1 and will end on
August 1, 2009.
Applicants must be high school seniors planning on attending college
or a technical school.
Awards:
...First Place Winner:
The winner will receive a $300.00 scholarship, a color printer and
computer supplies.
...Second Place Winners:
The winner will receive a color printer.
...Third Place Winners:
The winner will receive a cd player stereo system.
...In addition,
All winners essays may be printed in a teens'
book published by our company.
An
application
can be filled out
and printed by clicking here.
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