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Scholarships

Paulo Freire Scholarship for Research in the Humanities, $1,000

The Paulo Freire Scholarship ​for Research in the Humanities recognizes international students whose writing explores new lines of research. How have older scholarly models failed to address pressing questions about work done in literary, visual, or performance arts? Students wishing to apply can submit a writing sample of at least 2,500 words that offers a new way to think about a concept, formal practice, or sequence of events that has shaped or participated in the historical development of cultural forms.

Format: MLA, pdf
Submission Address: admin@collegewritingmentors.com
Deadline: April 1, 2024

CWM Scholarship for Critical Literacy, $1,000

The CWM Scholarship for Critical Literacy acknowledges transfer students and first generation college students whose writing seeks to expose the underlying contradictions of widely held cultural assumptions. Students wishing to apply can submit a writing sample of at least 2,500 words that reveals inconsistencies in such concepts as the American Dream, nationalism, nativism, or another concept that the writer wishes to address. 

Format: MLA, pdf
Submission Address: admin@collegewritingmentors.com
Deadline: April 1, 2024

 

Betsy Conder Scholarship for Emerging Writers, $1,000

The Betsy Conder Scholarship for Emerging Writers recognizes high school juniors and seniors whose writing interrogates social practices that perpetuate injustice. Students wishing to apply can submit a short response (500-1,000 words) to the following prompt: In his"Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King Jr. argues that  "[t]here are just laws and there are unjust laws. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws." Ample historical evidence speaks to the truth of King's distinction. Yet it is difficult to articulate. In your own words, analyze the difference between a just law and unjust law.

 

Format: MLA, pdf

Submission Address: admin@collegewritingmentors.com

Deadline: December 31, 2023

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