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Evelyn & Bernard J. Zucker Scholarship Fund

This scholarship is open to U.S. high school seniors and adult students entering their freshman year who reside in the Connecticut Community Foundation’s 21-town service area. Students must have a grade point average of B- or higher and must major in the humanities.
Award Amount

Total:  $6,648

Awards:  3

Deadline

Deadline:  March 15

Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington / State Association Scholarship

Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington / State Association Scholarship grants two scholarships ear of $1,500 to qualifying descendants of certain states.
Award Amount

Total:  $6,000

Awards:  2

Deadline

Deadline:  April 01

Leo W. and Alberta V. Thomas Utz Scholarship – English

The Leo W. and Alberta V. Thomas Utz Scholarship – English is a scholarship in the amount of $4,000 year for up to four consecutive years to students who are pursing undergraduate or graduate degrees in English. Renewal is conditional upon maintenance of a GPA of 3.25 based on a 4.0 scale used by the educational institution.
Award Amount

Total:  $4,000

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  January 31

Ford Empowering America Scholarship

The “Empowering America” Scholarship program consists of one $3,000 scholarship for a winning student and one $2,000 scholarship for a student selected as runner-up, made payable directly to each student’s educational institute. The winner will create two profiles/interview pieces for the AWM website.
Award Amount

Total:  $10,000

Awards:  2

Deadline

Deadline:  May 01

Ford Emerging Voices Scholarships

Two promising female undergraduate or graduate student applicants are wanted to provide future journalistic content for AWM. The “Emerging Voices” Scholarship program consists of two scholarships. The winner will receive $3,000 and the runner-up will receive $1,000, made payable directly to each student’s educational institute.
Award Amount

Total:  $8,000

Awards:  2

Deadline

Deadline:  May 08

Loreen Arbus Foundation & AWMF Scholarship

This journalist scholarship program consists of one $2,500 scholarship, made payable directly to the winning student’s educational institute. Female undergraduate and graduate students studying media, journalism, English, communications and related fields enrolled in school are eligible. The deadline is to be announced.
Award Amount

Total:  $2,500

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  May 08

Parker and Virginia Howell Scholarship Fund

The Parker and Virginia Howell Scholarship Fund is available for graduating high school seniors and undergraduarte students from the city of Ventura, California. Applicants must have unmet financial need, a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and must be planning to major in creative writing or engineering.
Award Amount

Total:  $600

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  January 26

Irene Gustafson Scholarship Fund

The Irene Gustafson Scholarship Fund is available for graduating high school seniors in Moscow, Idaho. Applicants must be a member of at least one charitable organization and should have strong verbal or written skills in the English language.
Award Amount

Total:  $600

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  March 15

Dr. Claude Arnold Scholarship Award

The Dr. Claude Arnold Scholarship Award is available for students at the University of Central Oklahoma who are majoring in Classical Literature or English. Additional preference will be given to students focusing on Old English as well as Medieval and Renaissance literature.
Award Amount

Total:  $3,000

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  February 15

Alice Conger Patterson Scholarship

This scholarship is open to women who are 23 years of age or older and attend or plan to attend select NC institutions. Students must have a grade point average of 2.6 or higher, pursue a liberal arts degree, and demonstrate financial need.
Award Amount

Total:  $1,000

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  April 01

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