Anderson University co-sponsors graphic design competition

Anderson University and Tweener Ministries are partnering to sponsor a graphic design contest for teen artists that will support a new chapter book authored by a teen writer. AU will award a $44,000 scholarship ($11,000 each year for four years) to the winning graphic artist. Baker Trittin Press will publish the winning cover art on the published book. The graphic design contest is open to students enrolled in grades 9-12, including homeschoolers.

The teen graphic design competition is co-sponsored by Baker Trittin Press, Anderson University and Tweener Ministries, Inc. - an organization promoting tweener literacy - an online Christian bookstore.

The winning artwork will support a new book entitled Journey to the Homeland written by 16 year old Hannah Stahlhut, The story is an the adventure of a young boy who can communicate with animals and a young girl who is kidnapped because strangers thought she was the ‘gifted’ child. A summary of each chapter and character and scene descriptions is available on the Tweener Ministries Web site.

Submissions and the twenty-five dollar ($25.00 US) entrance fee must be received before the January 10, 2008. Additional information is available at www.tweenerministries.org or by contacting Tweener Ministries at 574.269.6100 or 701 E. Main St, Warsaw, IN 46580.

Anderson University is a private Christian university of 2,700 undergraduate and graduate students in central Indiana. Anderson continues to be recognized as a top Christian college: in 2008, U.S. News and World Report ranked Anderson University among the best colleges and universities in the Midwest for the fourth consecutive year. Established in 1917 by the Church of God, Anderson University offers more than 60 undergraduate majors and graduate programs in business, education, music, nursing and theology.