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Alliance for Women in Media Foundation & The Loreen Arbus Foundation Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability Journalist Scholarship Information & Application Deadline to Apply: March 31, 2014 Since 2009, the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) has partnered with The Loreen Arbus Foundation to focus on the needs, achievements, contributions and stories of citizens with disabilities. We are pleased to announce the 2014 competition’s theme of My Voice, My Time . Students are invited to submit a creative writing piece of 750 to 1,000 words, focusing on the challenges and triumphs that come with living with a disability along with their goals and outlook for the future.  Applicants will also need to submit a letter of recommendation from a faculty member as part of the submission process. This journalist scholarship program consists of one $2,500 scholarship, made payable directly to the winning student’s educational institute. The winning student mu...

Alliance for Women in Media Foundation & Ford Motor Company Fund $5,000 Student Media Scholarship Competition: Blazing the Trail: Celebrating the Women of Empowering America® Deadline: December 16, 2013 For almost a decade, the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) has been telling the stories of inspiring women from American history with its Empowering America program. In 2008, AWMF expanded the Empowering America program to share the stories of these women with middle schools across the country. In partnership with the Ford Motor Company Fund , the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, AWMF developed educational collateral and put it in the hands of teachers to stimulate and enhance classroom conversations about these female icons, who have pioneered in fields such as science, social reform, public service, sports, journalism, music and aviation. Past subjects of Empowering America programs include Annie Easley, Gloria Estefan, Gabr...

Prestigious Gracies to be Awarded in Los Angeles and New York The  Alliance for Women in Media (AWM) Foundation  is pleased to announce that for the first time, the  Gracie Awards  will take place in both California and New York in 2013. The Gracies recognize exemplary programming created for women, by women and about women in all facets of media, including radio, television, cable and new media.  The Gracies Gala, which honors national winners, will return to the Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 21, 2013. The recipients of the Gracie Awards for excellence in local, online, public and student markets will be honored on June 26, 2013, at the Hilton New York. “We are thrilled that The Gracies has become such an important industry event that this year we will celebrate the best media for, by and about women on both coasts,” said AWMF President, Erin M. Fuller.  “We are excited to return to Los Angeles, and by expanding our signature event to Ne...