DEADLINES EXTENDED! Scholarships for Strikethrough are listed below and are full tuition:
1) The Nelson Scholarships are available to all UH English Dept. student veterans. There are five scholarships available. The application has been extended to May 16th! The application includes:
- Short cover letter re: interest in conference and goals for writing (include name, address, student ID number, email, phone number)
- Writing sample (up to 5 pages of poetry or up to 10 pages of prose)
Please submit your application to strikethrough@gmail.com by midnight CST on May 16th as an attached document. The applicants will be notified by May 17th.
2) The Rowan Out-of-Town Scholarships are open to any registered undergraduate outside of the Houston area.Tell your friends!! The application for this scholarship includes:
- Cover letter explaining how the conference will influence your writing (no more than 500 words)
- University/college-level enrollment verification for Spring, Summer, or Fall 2020 (your registration page from your college or university)
- 5-page writing sample in your intended genre
Please submit your application bymidnight May 17th to rowanuhcwp@gmail.com.
3) Lauren Berry Poetry Scholarships are open to any poet. There are two scholarships available. Lauren Berry is a University of Houston Creative Writing Program alumna (MFA Poetry) whose support and generosity supports this scholarship. During her time at UH, Lauren won the Inprint Verlaine Prize and served as poetry editor for Gulf Coast. From 2009 to 2010, she held the Diane Middlebrook Poetry Fellowship at the Wisconsin Institute. Her first collection of poems, The Lifting Dress (2011), was selected for the National Poetry Series by Terrance Hayes. The application for a Berry scholarship includes:
- Cover page (name, address, email, phone number)
- One-paragraph statement on why you should receive this scholarship
- Writing sample (up to five pages of poetry)
Please submit your application by midnight May 17th to strikethroughworkshop@
4) Rivera/Nepantlera Bilingual Scholarships are open towriters of any genre who write in Spanish and English and are interested in one of Strikethrough’s bilingual, multi-genre workshops. For more information on these workshops visit http://glassmountainmag.
- Cover page (name, address, email, phone number)
- One-paragraph statement on why this opportunity enhances your writing project
- Writing sample of bilingual work in your chosen genre (up to five pages)
Please submit your applications to strikethroughworkshops@
Questions? contact strikethroughworkshop@gmail.
