Writing Competition

DEADLINE: 6 Maret 2008

Andi Publisher (www.andipublisher.com) dengan didukung oleh Kementerian Riset dan Teknologi (www.ristek.go.id) dan detikINET mengadakan Lomba Penulisan Naskah dan Disain Cover Buku "IT for Children".

Secara umum, naskah dan cover buku yang dilombakan diharuskan terkait erat dengan membahas teknologi informasi dan komunikasi serta seluk beluknya.

Hadiah untuk pemenang lomba naskah:
- Juara I Rp. 7.500.000,- + trofi + sertifikat + hadiah lainnya
- Juara II Rp. 4,000.000,- + trofi + sertifikat + hadiah lainnya
- Juara III Rp. 3,000.000,- + trofi + sertifikat + hadiah lainnya
- Juara IV Rp. 2,000.000,- + trofi + sertifikat + hadiah lainnya
- Juara V Rp. 1,500.000,- + trofi + sertifikat + hadiah lainnya

Hadiah untuk pemenang lomba cover:
- Juara I Rp. 4.000.000,-
- Juara II Rp. 3.000.000,-
- Juara III Rp. 2.500.000,-

Karya dikirimkan disertai biodata lengkap penulis ke:

Panitia Lomba "IT for Children"
Departemen PBU Penerbit Andi
Jl. Beo no 38-40
Yogyakarta 55281

(Cantumkan tulisan ”IT for Children” di pojok kiri atas amplop. Batas akhir penerimaan karya adalah 6 Maret 2008)

Untuk informasi lebih lengkap, silakan mengunduh file "lomba-penulisan-dan-cover-buku-TI.pdf" di http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/detikinet/files atau langsung membacanya di situs http://writingfreedom.andipublisher.com.

SOURCE: detikinet site

DEADLINE:  June 1, 2008

Sponsored by the Mercer University School of Law and the American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law

Adam A. Milani

Adam A. Milani – a passionate disability rights activist and accomplished scholar – was well known for his publication of numerous practical books and articles in the field of disability discrimination. He taught legal writing as well as the law of disability discrimination and always encouraged his students to become prolific and outstanding writers.

Purposes of the Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition

The purposes of the competition are to promote greater interest in and understanding of the field of disability law and to encourage excellent legal writing skills in law students.

Topics

The submission may address any aspect of disability law, theory, or practice the contestant chooses. Other permissible topics include issues arising under any of the following statutes: Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Family and Medical Leave Act; or any state statutes or municipal ordinances prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Categories and Requirements

Submissions should be trial-level or appellate briefs on one of the topics listed above. The text of a submission must be double-spaced, with twelve-point font and one-inch margins. The Question(s) Presented section, the Statement of the Facts / Statement of the Case section, the Argument section, and the Conclusion together are limited to 20 pages. Briefs may include any other customary component of a similar court document, but those components will not be evaluated.

If the submission covers both a topic among those listed above and a topic not listed above, only the topic listed above will be evaluated. For papers written originally for a legal writing class, only two papers per legal writing professor per year will be considered. If more than two students of a particular professor desire to submit a paper, the professor shall choose which paper(s) will be submitted.

Briefs will not be penalized for arguing a position that would limit rights rather than expand them.

Prizes

First Prize will range between $300 and $1,000, depending on whether multiple awards are given. The name of the winner(s) in each category will be posted online at the Mercer University School of Law website.

Entry information

Entries for the competition must be submitted by mail to the “Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition,” Mercer University, School of Law, 1021 Georgia Ave., Macon, GA 31207-0001. Submissions must be postmarked by June 1, 2008, by U.S. mail or a recognized commercial express service. Entries submitted by fax will not be accepted. The contestant’s name and other identifying markings such as school name are not to be on any copy of the submitted entry. The staff at Mercer University School of Law will assign a random number to each entry and will record this number on all copies of each submission. Neither the contestant’s identity nor his or her academic institution will be known to any Milani Competition Judge. Two copies of the entry must be submitted along with a disk containing an electronic copy of the submission in Word Perfect or Word format. Clear, legible photocopies without changes are acceptable. Each entrant may submit only one entry. Entries must be accompanied by the attached entry form.

Eligibility

The competition is open to all students who attend a law school in the United States. Full-time students who are not law students but who write law-related papers as part of a course at an American law school are also eligible. Employees of Mercer University School of Law (except for students working less than 20 hours per week) are not eligible to enter the competition.

Authorship

The author must have performed all the key tasks of researching, writing, and revising the paper for himself or herself, but may have received a reasonable amount of advice from academicians or practitioners. Except for any discussions or other activities that occur as part of course activities approved by the student’s professor, the author must avoid collaboration with other students. If the brief is written as an assignment in a legal writing class and if the student was assigned to produce the brief along with a partner, the student may submit the brief but must identify the portions for which the student was the sole author. Only those parts of the brief will be evaluated. Under no other circumstances may any of the written product be produced by another.

Criteria and Judging

All entries will be judged anonymously by the Milani Competition Judges, who will select the winning submission(s). The Director of the Milani Writing Competition at Mercer University School of Law will notify the award winner(s). The Judges reserve the right not to award any prizes if it is determined that no entries are of sufficient quality to merit selection that year.

Entries will be judged based on the following criteria: quality of research and authority provided; accuracy and clarity of the analysis; compliance with standard conventions of similar court documents; and technical quality of writing, including organization, grammar, syntax, and form.

SOURCE: Mercer University School Of Low site

DEADLINE: 20 Desember 2007

LATAR BELAKANG

Indonesia merupakan negara agraris yang sudah sejak dahulu menjadikan sektor pertanian sebagai penopang perekonomian negara. Sampai saat ini pun sektor pertanian masih tetap menyumbang devisa yang cukup besar bagi perekonomian negara. Bahkan saat Indonesia dilanda krisis ekonomi yang menghancurkan perekonomian negara, sektor pertanian melalui agribisnis dan agroindustri justru dapat terus berkembang dan menjadi penyelamat perekonomian negara. Namun, dengan sumber daya yang melimpah, proses perkembangan dan modernisasi sektor pertanian Indonesia berjalan sangat lambat. Salah satu indikatornya yaitu produktivitas pertanian yang cenderung menurun dan petani sebagai ujung tombaknya sebagian besar berada di bawah garis kemiskinan. Penyebabnya antara lain penerapan teknologi di sektor pertanian yang masih rendah.

Penerapan teknologi pertanian sangat penting dalam pembangunan pertanian Indonesia. Selain untuk meningkatkan kualitas dan produktivitasnya, penerapan teknologi dapat memberi nilai tambah bagi produk pertanian sehingga meningkatkan daya saing produk Indonesia. Oleh karena itu, pengembangan minat generasi muda Indonesia dalam bidang teknologi pertanian sangat diperlukan karena mereka adalah aset bangsa yang akan menentukan kemajuan bidang teknologi pertanian Indonesia di masa depan. Dengan melaksanakan Lomba Essay Nasional yang bertema “Teknologi Pertanian” ini, panitia berharap dapat menjadi salah satu langkah efektif untuk mencapai tujuan di atas.

TUJUAN KEGIATAN
Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah :

• Mengenalkan bidang teknologi hasil pertanian kepada siswa SMA
• Meningkatkan minat siswa SMA akan bidang teknologi pertanian dan pertanian secara umum
• Menggali ide-ide dari siswa SMA bagi perkembangan bidang teknologi pertanian di Indonesia
• Memberi wadah bagi siswa SMA untuk menyalurkan aspirasinya di bidang teknologi pertanian

TEMA KEGIATAN

“Teknologi Pertanian”

SUB TEMA
Sub-Tema :
1. Teknologi hasil pertanian untuk meningkatkan nilai tambah dan daya saing produk  pertanian
2. Mekanisasi pertanian untuk peningkatan produktivitas hasil pertanian
3. Teknologi pangan untuk kesejahteraan umat manusia  

KETENTUAN LOMBA

• Essay adalah hasil karya orisinil yang belum pernah dipublikasikan sebelumnya di media mana pun, belum pernah diikutsertakan dalam perlombaan sejenis, dan tidak pernah digunakan untuk media komunikasi apapun.
• Essay minimal terdiri dari 800 kata dan maksimal 1500 kata 
• Essay dikirim dalam bentuk hardcopy dengan format A4 margin semua sisi 3 cm, Times New Roman 12 dengan spasi 1.5 sebanyak 4 rangkap
• Essay di kirimkan dalam amplop ukuran folio ke alamat : Badan Eksekutif Mahasiswa Fakultas  Teknologi Pertanian Lt. Dasar Kampus IPB Darmaga PO BOX 220 Bogor 16001
• Mengirim email pemberitahuan telah mengirim essay yang berisi: nama, asal SMA, judul      Essay , dan tanggal pengiriman lewat pos ke: lombaessay2007yahoo.com
• Essay diterima panitia maksimal cap pos tanggal 20 Desember 2007
• Karya yang dikirimkan akan menjadi hak milik panitia dan panitia berhak memanfaatkannya
• Pemenang akan dihubungi oleh panitia melalui surat resmi ke alamat sekolah     pemenang atau dapat dilihat di website   BEM Fateta (www.bemf-ipb.org) pada tanggal 29 Desember 2007    

SYARAT-SYARAT PESERTA LOMBA
Syarat-syarat peserta lomba:

• Peserta adalah pelajar SMA dan yang sederajat.
• Peserta melampirkan fotokopi kartu tanda pelajar, nomor telepon, HP, e-mail, nomor rekening yang dapat digunakan, dan 2 lembar foto 3x4 (berwarna)

DEWAN JURI

1. Prof.Dr.Ir. Djumali Mangunwidjaja,DEA (Guru Besar, auditor LPPOM-MUI, Pengarang buku Pengantar Teknologi Pertanian
2. Prof.Dr.Ir. Winiati Puji Rahayu,M.Si (Kepala Pusat Riset Obat dan Makanan BPOM)
3. Prof.Dr.Ir. Bambang Pramudya, M.Eng (Angota Majelis Wali Amanat IPB, Mantan staf ahli Menristek)
4. Dr.Ir. Wayan Budiastra, M.Agr (Kepala Bidang Pengembangan Sistem Jaringan Teknologi Kementrian Negara Riset dan Teknologi)
5. Dr.Ir. Dahrul Syah,M.Agr (Ketua Departeman Ilmu dan Teknologi  Pangan, Fateta , IPB)
6. Prayoga Surya Darma,STP,MT (Dosen Departeman Teknologi Industri Pertanian, Fateta, IPB)

HADIAH DAN PENGHARGAAN
Juara I       : uang tunai sebesar Rp. 1.500.000 dan serifikat 
Juara II      : uang tunai sebesar Rp. 1.000.000 dan sertifikat 
Juara III     : uang tunai sebesar Rp. 750.000 dan sertifikat

source: Bogor Agricultural University Site 

DEADLINE : 14 January 2008, 5pm

“Infinite possibilities; finite resources”

The Ministry of Finance (MOF), in partnership with the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY-SPP) and the Straits Times (ST), is pleased to invite entries for the Budget 2008 Essay Competition. Through the competition, MOF aims to promote greater awareness of and debate on Singapore’s fiscal policies and financing priorities. Students are invited to offer refreshing perspectives and compelling arguments on the future of public finance in Singapore.

All entrants must comply with the terms and conditions of the competition.

Terms And Conditions

Competition Topic

1. The competition topic is “Infinite possibilities; finite resources”. Your essays should be of high quality and provide refreshing and comprehensive analyses and perspectives of issues. All essays should cover the following points:

• Present one or two key areas which warrant public spending and attention from the Government. These can be existing sectors (e.g. economic, social, security) which you think deserve further development, or new issues which the Government should act early on. In making your case, you must discuss what should be done by the Government to achieve your stated policy objective.
• Discuss how you would prioritise your selected issue(s) with our other spending needs, given the Government’s limited resources. Would you raise revenues to fund the expenditure increase (if so, how), or would you make trade-offs on other expenditure items?
• Provide full arguments and data (where possible) to support your case.

Eligibility Criteria

2. The competition is open to all students studying in Singapore and Singaporeans¹ studying abroad, via the following categories:

Prizes

3. The following prizes will be given to the winning essays:

4. The winning essays may receive media coverage and be showcased by MOF.

Presentation Format

5. Entries must be in English and typed double-spaced in Times New Roman font sized 14. Essays may be sent in hard- or soft-copy, but hard-copy essays should be printed on one side of each sheet of paper. The essay should not be longer than 2,500 words. This excludes charts, tables, footnotes, references and appendices.

6. A summary of no more than 300 words highlighting the main points of the essay must also be provided.

Submission of Essays

7. The deadline for submission is 14 January 2008, 5pm.

8. Every participant must append to his or her entry an identification form which can be downloaded from the Budget 2008 website. Please note that incomplete identification may lead to the disqualification of the essay entry.

9. We encourage entries to be sent via softcopy to MOF_Essay@mof.gov.sg. Alternatively, entries can be sent via hardcopy to “Budget 2008 Essay Competition, Ministry of Finance, 100 High Street, #10-01, The Treasury Building, Singapore 179434”.

Supplementary Information

10. Every participant is limited to one essay. The essays must be original in their content. Entries found to contain plagiarism will be disqualified.

11. The winning essays will be selected by a panel of judges comprising representatives from the Ministry of Finance, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and the Straits Times. The judges’ decision is final.

12. Members of the judging panel (and their immediate family members) are not eligible to enter the essay competition.

13. All essay submissions will become the property of MOF. MOF shall reserve the right to edit the essays for publication.

14. We regret that only prize winners will be contacted. Results will be announced in February 2008.

Inquiries

15. Please send any inquiries on the Budget 2008 Essay Competition to the following email address: MOF_Essay@mof.gov.sg. Alternatively, you may wish to contact:

Azkiah Zakaria
Ministry of Finance
Tel no.: 633 24562

Ang Yee Ling
Ministry of Finance
Tel no.: 633 27372

 source: Singapure Budget Gov. site