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2000-2001 Technical Communication Scholarship Competition Winners

• Distinguished
• Excellence
• Merit
• Honorable Mention

Each year, the Washington, DC Chapter conducts the Austin T. Brown Technical Communication Scholarship Competition for high school students in grades 10-12. This local competition supports excellence in technical communication at the high school level and encourages the next generation to consider technical writing as a career goal. The best papers win cash scholarship awards: $1000 for Distinguished, $500 for Excellence, $300 for Merit, and $50 for Honorable Mention. The papers are judged in terms of their objectivity, clarity, overall impact, and the extent to which the significance of the topic is shown.

The local competitions are held in the fall. The top winners are entered in the International Student Technical Writing Competition (ISTWC), which takes place in February. This competition provides a unique avenue for international recognition. Scholarship awards in the international competition are $1000 for Distinguished, $500 for Excellence, $300 for Merit, and a certificate for Honorable Mention.
A gold star marks the winning entries in the International Competition.

Congratulations to all the student writers who won awards in the Washington, DC Chapter's Austin T. Brown Technical Communication Scholarship Competition!

Winners for 2000-2001
Chapter Competition • International Winners

Student Grade Subject School Teacher
Distinguished
Davis Hasty 10 Deep Sea Vents: The Origin of Life? gold star
Subject Area: Biology		 Blake High School
Silver Spring, MD		 Mrs. Paula M. Rowe
Excellence
Bethany Baird Skelton 12 The Effect of pH on Earthworm's Pulse Rate— The Effect of Earthworms on the pH of Soil gold star
Subject Area: Biology		 Washington Lee High School
Arlington, VA		 Ms. Marlene Smith
Merit
Monika Schleier-Smith 12 Fractal Analysis of Stylistic Evolution in the Violin Concerto
Subject Area: Mathematics		 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Alexandria, VA 		Mr. Robert Lathan
Honorable Mention
   

There were no Honorable Mentions this year.

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