HOW TO ENTER

If you or someone you know is aged between 18 and 30, with a business idea, charity or creative venture to fund, or innovation to research that will transform lives, we encourage you to enter for the chance to share in more than $100,000 in prizes. Do so by post to The Australian Women’s Weekly Qantas Women of the Future Competition 2016, GPO Box 4178, Sydney, NSW 2001, or online at aww.com.au/WOTF with: Your name, mailing address, daytime contact phone number and email address. Your date of birth. A recent photograph of yourself. One paragraph of 100 words or less, telling us about yourself. 50 words or less in response to the question: “How would you use this scholarship to achieve your dreams and benefit others?” Any additional, relevant information about your venture that may help the judges.

Please note, entries may feature in the magazine, on The Weekly and Qantas websites or social media sites and Qantas in-flight videos. Entries close on May 31, 2016. Fifteen semi-finalists will be notified by June 7, 2016. Between July 7, 2016, and August 3, 2016, readers can vote online for the People’s Choice Award. Eight finalists will then be invited to Sydney (flights and accommodation included, conditions apply) for a special event to announce the winners and runners-up.

THE PRIZES Two winners and six runners-up will receive eight scholarships as follows: JUDGES’ CHOICE: Voted by our panel of experts – $10,000 plus a $10,000 Qantas travel bursary and a year’s Qantas Club membership. PEOPLE’S CHOICE: Voted by the readers – $10,000 plus a $10,000 Qantas travel bursary and a year’s Qantas Club membership. SIX RUNNERS-UP: Voted by our panel of experts – $5000 each plus a $5000 Qantas travel bursary and a year’s Qantas Club membership.