I am hereby offering one $100 scholarship to one cadet who submits the best article for publishing to CadetStuff.

This is meant to help you pay to attend, get equipment/uniforms for, or arrange transport to a cadet activity of your choice. No strings attached.

To enter:

Email your article to me at jnaugle@aol.com AND Submissions@CadetStuff.org no later than 0600 UTC/Z/GMT on 1 February 2010.

Now, the editors at CadetStuff may or may not use the article you submit, but chances are good that if you win, you will get published. Heck, chances are good you will get published even if you don't win. By submitting, you are giving CadetStuff permission to publish your article.

In your email, please include your contact information (Name, Cadet Rank, Unit, E Mail Address, CadetStuff Username, Phone Number and Favorite Color).

The article can be on any topic, but I personally prefer stuff on survival, flying, careers, leadership, military operations, military history/heritage, special operations, aerospace science, national security, zombie preparedness, and rescue. It should be well written and I encourage you to have someone proofread it before you submit it. A typical article here is about 3 pages long, but if it is longer or shorter, that won't hurt anything as long as it is awesome. Your article should be factually true and supported (or at least supportable) by outside sources. It should be fun to read and the reader should learn something.

The easiest format for me to read is the most current version of Microsoft Word, but if you don't have that, you can send it as a PDF file.

To be clear, I am picking the winner, independently of the CadetStuff.org staff. My decision will be entirely subjective based on my definition of "awesome." I reserve the right to pick more than one winner (if, for example two are amazing) or zero winners (if, for example they are all lame). You must be a CAP, JROTC, USNSCC, US Service Academy, or ACA cadet/mid to win. The article must be YOUR original work, but you are encouraged to get help on it from any reasonable source. The scholarship will be decided by 3 Feb 2010, and I will put the check/money order/package of used unmarked small bills in the mail by 6 Feb 2010. Available for a limited time only, while supplies last. Offer not available where prohibited. Do not taunt happy fun ball.

Direct any questions to me at jnaugle@aol.com.

Respectfully,

Capt JamesN