Make Your Mark
Scholarship Contest

FALL 2023

Winners Announced!

Scroll down to see the winners and their submissions.

"Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.
 – Ibn Battuta

Click here to apply now!

Entry Categories

Submissions will be divided into four categories; 3 winners will be selected for each category. 
You must select only one category for your submission.

Video

Commercial
Short Film 

Visual Art

Travel Advertisement
Poster
Storyboard

Literary

Script
Screenplay

Musical

Original Song
Music Video

Winners

Video Winners

Commercial
Short Film 

1ST

Mateo Villegas

Ecuador
Lipscomb University
2nd

Muling Tzai

Ringling College of Art and Design
3rd

Linda Galeano

University of Central Arkansas

Visual Art Winners

Travel Advertisement
Poster
Storyboard

1ST

Jihyun Lee

Metropolitan Community College - Omaha
2nd

Eduardo Valarezo

Drury University
3rd

Didar Orazgeldiyev

Northwest Missouri State University

Literary Winners

Script
Screenplay

1ST

Valentina Villadiego Contreras

Moraine Valley Community College
2nd

Aleena Tomy

Austin Community College
3rd

Natalia Montoya

Los Angeles City College

Musical Winners

Original Song
Music Video

1ST

Peniel Babah

Cedarville University
2nd

Sofia Casasola

University of Indianapolis
3rd

Binh Dang Thanh Pham

University of Toledo

Important Information​

Create an advertisement for your home country!

Tell us who should visit your home country and why? Should students study abroad there? Should retirees come visit for the trip of a lifetime? Show us everything that makes your home country special! Tell us about its natural beauty, people, culture, food!

Application Deadline​

Sunday, November 19, 2023
(Scholarship Winners will be announced January 15, 2024.)

Eligibility

All full-time international students who are active F, J, M, U, T, R, A, or Q visa-holders and DACA recipients currently enrolled in a SEVIS-approved US institution.

*See the official LewerMark Make your Mark Scholarship Rules and Guidelines for full eligibility criteria​

Scholarship Amounts

Submissions will be divided into four categories; 3 winners will be selected for each category. 

1st prize - $2,000
2nd prize - $1,500
3rd prize - $1,000

Judging Criteria​

Essays are evaluated, and winners are selected based on the following criteria:
Answers the question (50%) 
Creativity (25%)
Uniqueness (25%)
Advisor's Letter of Recommendation
 (Bonus points)

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