Media Release – Submission Deadline & Award Ceremony dates are updated on March 9, 2021
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For your inquiry or submission, please email to: JUCAwards(at)lightmillennium.org

“Happiness is the universal force to be attained as the final objective of humanity.”
• CALL FOR STUDENT ENTRIES:
THE J.U.C. MEDIA, RESEARCH AND WRITING AWARDS
• New SUBMISSION DEADLINE (is extended to); APRIL 29, 2021.
• AWARD CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 4, 2021.

[Updated] Immediate Media Release (pdf)
Email: JUCAWARDS(at)Lightmillennium.org
Websites: www.lightmillennium.org | www.lmglobal.org www.turkishlibrary.us

[Lightmillennium.Org] The J.U.C. Media, Research and Writing Awards (and a potential SCHOLARSHIP with the same title) project has been established in memory of John Unver Culkin, the son of the founder of The Light Millennium Organization, and was initially introduced publicly in New York City on January 29, 2020.

Bircan Ünver, the mother of J.U.C., described how this project came to life:
“I fully believed in my son’s untapped rich potential and intellect. I fully believed that he would eventually find a way to activate that potential and contribute to his and society’s wellbeing…

[…]

He gave so much importance to being intelligent at all times. Since he was 17, J.U.C. focused on these IQ tests he had authored and designed himself, which he shared with me from time to time with great excitement.

[…]

Unfortunately, J.U.C. (‘Canım’) is no longer with us in person and that is the harsh reality. With this in mind, my whole attempt is to transform my love for him along with my deep sorrow and pain into a constructive path as if he is still with us, and as if he will see this project named after him to inspire many children/youth.

[…]

It is now my hope to be able to carry out and touch those children’s lives in positive, constructive, and inspirational ways through The Light Millennium, Inc. – A Charitable Global Human Advancement Organization.

 […]

As the saying goes: “While one hope dies, thousands may be reborn.”

This has been the focal point of this project. Yet due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Organization had to postpone its outreach efforts towards obtaining submissions for the project.
NOW, new submission deadline is: APRIL 29, 2021;
And, Award Ceremony date is: JUNE 4, 2021.

DEFINITION OF THE AWARDS:

For each category, $500 will be awarded to the winner of the 1st place.

2nd and 3rd place winners will receive a trophy, plaque or certificate, as well as recognition as a contributing author to a book, which will be the culmination of all submissions in that given year to be printed within 2 years following the date of the Award Ceremony.

The J.U.C. Media, Research and Writing Awards (J.U.C. M-R-W-A) will be offered in 3 main categories:

1. Media

2. Research

3. Writings

Submission Deadline (is extended to) APRIL 29, 2021.

Submissions must be sent via email to:
JUCAWARDS(at)LIGHTMILLENNIUM.ORG
(MILLENNIUM is with double LL and double NN.)

2. You may also submit via the  SUBMIT NOW form with the subject line: J.U.C. AWARDS

Please read the following two documents prior to your submissions:
1. DEFINITION OF THE PROJECT
2. PUBLISHING POLICY

• SAVE THE DATE
The J.U.C. M-R-W-A Ceremony is scheduled for JUNE 4, 2021 in NYC (or, it might be Virtual).

For detailed information:

1.     [Updated] Full-introduction, Guideline, Time-Line, Suggested Themes and Eligibility

2.     Summary of the January 29 2020 Meeting (with photos):
J.U.C. MEDIA, RESEARCH AND WRITING AWARDS, and potential SCHOLARSHIP Project INTRODUCED in NYC.

3. [Initial Booklet] Introduction & Definition: J.U.C. MEDIA, RESEARCH AND WRITING, and potential SCHOLARSHIP (Pdf, Jan. 29, 2020, NYC)

 4. J.U.C. M-R-W-A Story

5. 2019 “Amended & Broadened” PURPOSES of The Light Millennium Organization (Pdf).

Initial Media Release – Dated: June 29, 2020

For question or inquiry, please email to: JUCAwards(at)lightmillennium.org

Special Thanks To: Figen Bingül for her editing.

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