Does the word "contest" conjure up images of Ed McMahon knocking on your door, oversized check in hand? While there are contests based on luck, there are also contests that focus on your abilities within a specific skill - such as art, writing or music. Unlike scholarship competitions, these contests for students are based on just one criterion - such as your ability to write a short story or paint a picture. Things like grades, test scores and extracurricular activities have no meaning in these contests. You are judged purely on your submission or performance.
What's nice about these contests is that they are open only to students, which greatly reduces the competition and increases your chance of winning. Unlike Publisher's Clearinghouse millions of people are not entering.
Unlike scholarships that require an essay as part of the overall competition, in these contests the essay is the competition. Winners are selected based only on their essays. You'll find that many of these competitions are open to students younger than high school seniors and are a great way to get started earning some money.
Many music and vocal contests require a CD. It's very important that you don't skimp on this since no matter how talented you are if you record in a noisy room with a dog barking in the background, it will affect the quality of your performance. But you don't have to shell out hundreds of dollars to rent a studio either.
Consider these no-cost options. Visit your community college and speak to a professor in the applied music department. Tell the professor what you want to do and ask if he or she will let you borrow the recording studio for an hour. Even easier, if you have friends who are in college they can probably hook you up with another student who has access to the campus music studio. Another option is to visit your local public access cable station. They should be listed in the phone book. You can get a CD made of your performance using their professional sound equipment. You might even be able to get your school's A/V club to help out. As you can see there are a lot of free options for recording your performance.
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