I was surprised to find so many scholarships that were available to students who write poetry, are journalists, and want to attend a conference.
It made me think that googling your state plus "writing conference scholarship" might yield great results. Plus, you would be able to attend that writing conference much easier, with less money needed.
Also, googling Writing Scholarships (plus your state) is also a great idea. Let me know if this works. I will be trying it for the Nontraditional student State Pages later on.
Here are some sites I discovered today. Some include poetry writers and journalists. I tried to steer clear of age requirements.
Scholarship to the Key West Literary Seminar:
http://www.kwls.org/lit/kwls_blog/2009/04/scholarships_for_writers_teach.cfm
Writing scholarships at the College Scholarships.org site:
http://www.collegescholarships.org/scholarships/writing.htm
ClarityWorks lists residencies, retreats, and more
http://www.clarityworksonline.com/links
Clarion Workshop scholarship links:
http://clarion.ucsd.edu/scholarships.html
Taos Summer Writing Conference Awards (New Mexico)
http://www.unm.edu/~taosconf/Registration/Scholarships.htm
includes a Hispanic and Native Writer Award
Wildacres Writing Workshop awards (North Carolina)
http://www.wildacreswriters.com/scholarship.html
The Helen McCloy/MWA Scholarship for Mystery Writing
(Mystery Writers of America)
http://www.mysterywriters.org/?q=AwardsPrograms-McCloy ($500.00)
More award programs
http://www.mysterywriters.org/?q=AwardsPrograms
Scholarships for English majors, from the Financial Aid Finder site:
http://www.financialaidfinder.com/student-scholarship-search/student-scholarships-college-major/english-journalism-scholarships/
AAAS Minority science writer's scholarship
http://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarships-by-type/writing-scholarships/aaas-minority-science-writers-internship/
Writing grants from ProofPositive.com
http://www.proofpositive.com/grants/grants-for-writers-list.htm
Garden Writer's Association scholarships (for journalism majors)
http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=gwafoundation/student_scholarships.html
-Betsyanne
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