From: Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 12:04:39 -0500 Subject: Mautner Project Announces Design Competition The Mautner Project Mary-Helen Mautner Project For Lesbians With Cancer FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Joan E. Biren (JEB) - Awards Committee Chair: 202/332-5536 Fax: 202/265-6854 AWARDS NOMINATIONS/DESIGN COMPETITION ANNOUNCED (March 16, 1995 -- Washington, D.C.) The Mary-Helen Mautner Project For Lesbians With Cancer announces a design competition and the opening of nominations for two awards to be given annually. The Mary-Helen Mautner Awards will premiere September 30, 1995, at the Mautner Project's 5th Anniversary Celebration Gala. One award will honor dedicated service or support by an individual to the Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer. The other award will be for outstanding contribution by an individual or institution to the cause of Lesbians and cancer. The Awards Committee is encouraging artists working in any medium to enter the competition. The awards can be two or three dimensional and entries can take the form of proposals, designs, sketches, models or actual items. For the two awards, the committee suggests the designs can be similar but not necessarily identical. Photos or slides of similar work may be included to support an idea. The actual award must be able to be held in one's hand or easily displayed. There is no limit to the number of entries from an individual or group. The winning entry will receive up to $200 toward the cost of production materials per award. Entries will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed stamped envelope. The deadline for submissions is June 28, 1995. Please send them to: The Mary-Helen Mautner Project For Lesbians With Cancer, 1707 L Street, NW, Suite 1060, Washington, D.C. 20036. The winner of the competition will be acknowledged at the 5th Anniversary Celebration Gala and announced to the press. Nominations for both awards are requested by the Awards Committee. To nominate an individual for an award, please write a letter with the name and reason for the nomination to the Mautner Project For Lesbians With Cancer. The address is 1707 L Street, NW, Suite 1060, Washington, D.C. 20036. Association with the Mauter Project is not necessary to make a nomination. Mautner Project staff is not eligible for nominations. The deadline for submission of nominations is June 28, 1995. Susan Hester, President of the Mautner Project, said "Now is the appropriate time, especially as we are celebrating our 5th anniversary, to recognize those who have made a significant contribution to the Project and to our community. As our organization has grown, so has the national perception of the importance of health issues for the lesbian community." ============================================================= The Mary-Helen Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer was formed in 1990, six months after the death of Mary-Helen Mautner who envisioned the project shortly before her death. Her partner Susan Hester and hundreds of volunteers have transformed this vision into reality. The Project currently furnishes direct services to lesbians with cancer, their partners and caregivers in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and provides education and information to lesbians about cancer. The Project educates health care providers about the special concerns of lesbians with cancer and advocates for lesbians on health issues in the local and national arena. For more information please call the Mautner Project at 202/332-5536.