RIT Sponsors Competition for High School Students

The Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Print Media is sponsoring the Young Professionals in Publishing Competition. High school students from across North America are eligible to participate. The grand prize is the free printing of 3,000 copies of the students’ work published in a 16-page magazine. There is no entry fee. The deadline for submissions is March 15.

The goal is to encourage student learning by creating a high-quality printed publication. Some ideas for potential publications include creating a cookbook to sell for a fundraiser, a writing class publishing its creative writing assignments or an art class publishing student portfolios.

RIT’s School of Print Media will provide a template and its faculty will be available to offer advice on how to use it, as well as judge the entries. Up to 10 finalists will be chosen on the basis of originality of concept, quality of images and graphics, aesthetics and the quality of the writing, and each will be awarded 25 full-color copies. The grand prize-winner will be selected from the finalists. The 3,000 color copies of the winning publication will be delivered to the school.

To learn more about the competition, visit http://cias.rit.edu/printmedia/contest.