Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) Foundation Award

THE PROGRAM
Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) believes that having a diverse workforce in the U.S. publishing industry--with diversity being broadly defined and including factors such as race, ethnicity, culture, class and disadvantaged background--is important to the vitality of that industry. They have therefore created a fellowship program to encourage such diversity.

Each MPA fellowship provides a full financial aid package equal to the amount of tuition and lodging for the Stanford's Strategic Planning for Publishing Executives Course. Fellowships do not include travel costs.

CRITERIA
To qualify for an award, the applicant must be an employee of an MPA-member company or a member of the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) who is currently living and working in the United States. In addition, the applicant should be able to bring to discussions a clearly diverse point of view. Applications from African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans and others with diverse backgrounds are welcome.

APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply, send a completed application, along with a personal statement that explains how your background would contribute to diversity (broadly defined) in the U.S. publishing industry. As we base these awards on need as well as on experience and merit, we ask that you diligently seek your organization's paid sponsorship before you apply for this fellowship. If such paid sponsorship is denied, we ask for a brief memo from a representative in your organization stating that outside tuition assistance is the only means of getting you to the program.