The Bernard Kilgore Memorial Scholarship is open to high school seniors who are graduating this year from a New Jersey school. The winner of the Kilgore Scholarship also is named the NJ High School Journalist of the Year. Applicants must plan to study journalism or media studies in college and to pursue a career in the media and must have participated in high school journalism for at least two years. Applicants are nominated by teachers at schools that are members of the Garden State Scholastic Press Association. Editors of newspapers that are members of the New Jersey Press Association also may nominate students. If the scholarship recipient attends a high school that doesn't employ a GSSPA member, the New Jersey Press Foundation will pay the $15 membership fee for that school for the year the scholarship is awarded. Applicants must submit at least one sample of relevant spreads from their yearbook, not the entire book. Do not send CDs, DVDs, etc. Photocopies of letters, clippings, photos and art are acceptable; however, an original print of a photograph should accompany entries based on published pictures. Samples of the applicant's work carefully selected to show the quality and diversity of their reporting, writing, photography, design, etc. must also be submitted. Three or four letters of recommendation from the applicant's adviser, other teachers who know their leadership and journalistic abilities, and practitioners with whom the applicant has worked are also required. A letter from the principal is desirable, but not absolutely necessary. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.