The National Geographic Bee occurs in three stages, beginning at the school level. Schools that register for the Bee receive materials to hold their competitions. Each school winner takes a written test, and the top hundred scorers in each state and territory compete at the state level. State-level Bees are held in the spring, and the winner of each state Bee proceeds to the national competition. The 55 state and territory winners meet at National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C., for the national competition. The number of contestants is narrowed to ten finalists, who compete for a $25,000 college scholarship. The second- and third-place winners receive $15,000 and $10,000 scholarships, respectively. Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek moderates the final competition.

If you could send a message on a science, technology, or health issue to the next U.S. president and Congress, what would it be? Voice your vision for science and society to win cash and other prizes! GRAND PRIZE: $2,000 Energy security. Nuclear weapons. Genetic engineering. Climate change. Stem cells. Space militarization. Science and technology issues have enormous implications for society at large. The next U.S. president, Congress, and local leaders will confront topics that matter to young people, such as climate change, affordable health care, nuclear weapons buildup, and U.S. economic competitiveness in science and engineering. If you could send a message on a science, technology, or health issue to the next U.S. president and Congress, what would it be? The MIT student who started the SPUSA election guide in 2004 is not a U.S. citizen, but felt that input from young people everywhere could help guide the direction of U.S. science, technology, and health policy. Make your voice heard about these critical issues today! These issues impact not only your life and locality, but also the global community. International perspectives are welcome and encouraged. You are also encouraged to tell the next president and Congress what initiatives you think they should take to address your science, technology, or health issue. Share on Facebook Here’s how to deliver your message: * YouTube Video/Flash Video 5-minute limit or * Digital Audio/Podcast 5-minute limit or * Written Essay/Editorial 750-word limit Prizes: * Grand Pug-Prize: $2,000 * Second Pug-Prize: $1,000 * Third Pug-Prize: $500 * Best Video Pug-Prize: $100* * Pug Perks! Contestants who submitted their entries before June 3 will receive a free t-shirt, Frisbee, or mug just for participating. We regret to inform you that as June 2, Pug Perks have run out. Enter the contest today for your chance at the cash prizes listed above! DEADLINE: July 15, 2008

+ Coach is searching for one truly inspired and unique design to adorn their classic chic tote. Start from scratch, one of your favorite sketches, or incorporate some of Coach’s iconic design elements. Just download the provided silhouette, create and submit a graphic, and enter to win a $2,500 shopping spree and party in your hometown Coach store — plus have your design created into a special limited edition item and sold in select locations! This is your opportunity to put your artful stamp on the perfect Coach tote! + Grand Prize: One winner, selected by Coach experts from all entries, will have his or her Coach tote manufactured as a special limited edition item to be sold in select Coach stores and/or online at Coach.com. Plus, a celebratory event for the winner will be held at a local, full-price Coach store along with a $2,500 shopping spree, and a $500 scholarship or cash! If the winner is not within a 50-mile radius of a full-price, retail store location they will receive a $2,500 online shopping spree and a $500 scholarship or cash plus Coach "swag bags" for the winner and 4 friends to have their own Coach style party! + Most Viral: One winner, selected by Coach experts from the top 100 most viral entries, will win a $1,500 Coach online shopping spree and a $250 scholarship or cash. Learn about Most Viral. + High Score: One winner, selected by Coach experts from the top 100 highest scoring entries, will win a $1,500 Coach online shopping spree and a $250 scholarship or cash. + Deadline August 4

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be minority high school students or graduates from New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Baltimore, or Newark. Applicants must be willing to attend one of the black colleges participating in their local black college fairs. AMOUNT: $3,000 CONTACT: Maxwell House Coffee, 250 North Street, White Plains, NY 10625, (914) 335-2500.

+ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Blu-ray™ are changing the way you watch movies! Be part of the ultimate in high definition by creating your own poster, ad or video for Blu-ray™. Sony encourages you to design an original, exciting and passionate expression of why Blu-ray™ offers the best movie experience with its high definition, better than cable or satellite quality, better picture than DVD and pure hi-def audio! Come up with an incredible idea and incorporate the Blu-ray™ and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment logos as well as the tagline "Why Blu?" and you could win amazing Sony prizes including a Sony PlayStation® 3 with built-in Blu-ray Disc™ Player and $250 cash or scholarship! + Grand Prize: One winner, selected by Sony from the top 50 highest-scoring entries, will win a Sony PlayStation® 3 with a built in Blu-ray Disc™ player. Sony will also include a collection of 8 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Blu-ray™ movies including Surf's Up, Open Season, Across the Universe, Hitch, Fifth Element, Hellboy, A Knight's Tale, 50 First Dates, and $250 cash or scholarship! (Total ARV: $889) + July 30 deadline + Create an original Blu-ray™ poster, ad or video expressing how Blu-ray™ is the best way to watch movies and incorporate the "Why Blu?" tagline. You may use any of the provided assets from the Blu-ray™ Art Kit in your creation. Don't forget to include both the Blu-ray™ and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment logos!

+ $20,000 scholarship + Create a 2 minute video about the health benefits of drinking tea + Deadline August 6, 2008 + Submit via YouTube + US Citizen or eligible non-citizen

Promotion Period: The OXY® Cash for College Sweepstakes (the "Sweepstakes") begins at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on April 1, 2008 and ends at 3:00 p.m. ET on September 29, 2008 ("Promotion Period"). Two Ways To Enter: 1) During the Promotion Period, visit www.oxymom.com, click on the Sweepstakes link and follow the online entry instructions. Complete all required entry information and you will be automatically entered into the random drawing. Normal Internet access and usage charges imposed by your Internet service provider will apply. Online entries must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 29, 2008, to be included in the random drawing. Limit one online entry per person/email address. 2) On a plain piece of 3" x 5" paper, hand print your name, complete address (no P.O. Boxes), zip code, daytime phone number, email address (if applicable), and date of birth. Mail your completed entry in a hand-addressed stamped envelope to: OXY® Cash for College Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 7897, Melville, NY 11775-7897. Limit one entry per envelope. Mechanically reproduced mailed entries not accepted. All mailed entries must be mailed separately, be postmarked by September 29, 2008 and received by October 6, 2008. Random Drawing: Potential winners will be selected, on or about October 13, 2008, in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received. Drawing will be conducted by Don Jagoda Associates, Inc., an independent judging organization whose decisions are final on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Odds of winning a prize will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received. Winners will be notified by phone, mail and/or email. Prizes: Grand Prize (1): $25,000 awarded in the form of a 529 Plan contribution. First Prize (5): $10,000 awarded in the form of a 529 Plan contribution. Second Prize (5): $5,000 awarded in the form of a 529 Plan contribution. All taxes are the responsibility of the individual winner and winner will be required to provide his/her social security number. Winner is advised to consult with his/her accountants, lawyers or other financial advisers regarding specific tax implications. No substitution or transfer of prize by a winner is permitted. Limit one prize per person/household/email address. Eligibility: No purchase necessary. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States, including the District of Columbia, who are 18 or older, and who are a parent or legal guardian of a child aged 13-19 years of age during the Promotion Period. Employees of The Mentholatum Company ("Sponsor"), www.oxymom.com, Cenergy Communications, Don Jagoda Associates, Inc. and any of its affiliates, parents or subsidiaries, and affiliate companies and advertising and promotion agencies and members of their immediate families (spouses, parents, children, and siblings and their spouses and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible. Void where prohibited by law and subject to all federal, state and local laws.

You know what it is to make your own success in the world. You dream big and keep your eye on the prize. The McKelvey Foundation celebrates that drive and determination by awarding 150 scholarships to high school seniors who’d be the first in their families to attend college. Dedicated and involved students whose resources may be limited, but whose ambitions are not. The Foundation will award $12,000 scholarships for qualifying high school seniors to attend ANY four-year college in their home state. Scholarship Criteria To be considered for this award, applicants must: * You must attend a partnering high school in the states of NY, PA or WV * Be a first generation to attend college (neither mother nor father went to college) * Have financial need * Show involvement in work and/or extra curricular activities * Submit a completed online application * Fill out a FAFSA form to apply for all other financial aid * Attend a four-year college within their home state Other things you should know: * Awards will be granted up to $3,000 per year for all four year * Scholars must maintain a 2.5 GPA * The Foundation will sponsor a mandatory one day seminar for all winners during the spring/summer as an orientation to college and the Foundation * $2,500 will be available to each scholar for a study abroad program

The Alexia Foundation offers helps to provide the financial ability for students to improve their knowledge and skills of photojournalism and to increase their own knowledge and understanding of other cultures by providing scholarships to study photojournalism at Syracuse University in London, England. The Foundation also provides cash grants to enable student photographers to have the financial ability to produce a picture story that furthers the Foundation's goals of promoting world peace and cultural understanding. Full-time undergraduate students must take the two courses for photo majors, plus two or three other liberal arts classes to be considered full-time students. First Place Award: A full-tuition scholarship (about $15,300) to study photojournalism in London in the fall semester through Syracuse University Abroad; a grant of $1,000 for completing the proposed picture story. An additional $500 will be awarded to the sponsoring academic department. Second Place Award: A half-tuition scholarship (about $7,650) toward tuition, fees and living expenses to study photojournalism in London this Fall through Syracuse University Abroad; a grant of $500 for completing the proposed picture story. Awards of Special Recognition: Three awards of special recognition receive $1,600 toward tuition, to study photojournalism in London this Fall through Syracuse University Abroad, and cash grants of $500 for completing the proposed picture stories.

Scholarships of $2,500 each are offered to active-duty and honorably discharged U.S. military veterans (to include Reservists and National Guard personnel) of the Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) or Iraqi Freedom operations who are actively pursuing an undergraduate degree in an eligible major at accredited two- or four-year institutions in the United States. Distance-learning or online programs affiliated with a major U.S. institution are eligible. PLEASE NOTE: This scholarship is offered twice annually; however, individuals may be awarded only one AFCEA scholarship per year. Next deadline is November 1, 2008.