English Students,
As of right now, the Roger and Janice Whitener Creative Writing Scholarship is available!
Please submit completed applications (no form needed) to Professor Mark Powell, email: powelljm1@appstate.edu no later than November 17th at 7 pm. Please put Whitener in the subject line.
Requirements:
The criteria will be financial need, grades in Creative Writing
concentration courses (including the literary genre and Applied Grammar courses), and active good citizenship
in courses and the creative writing program.
Important Dates
Applications and nominations from creative writing course faculty will be accepted through November 17th at 7 pm.
Awarded in the Fall semester for the Spring semester to students enrolled in the English/Creative Writing concentration.
An announcement of the scholarship selection will be made by the end of the Fall exam period.
Important Dates
Applications and nominations from creative writing course faculty will be accepted through November 17th at 7 pm.
Awarded in the Fall semester for the Spring semester to students enrolled in the English/Creative Writing
concentration.
Application:
Self-nominating students may submit a paragraph detailing the financial need and their citizenship (contributions to class climate and participation in program-related activities), along with a list of creative writing concentration courses and grades. Verbal or written nominations may also be made by any full or part-time faculty member teaching creative writing courses; the award decision will be made by creative writing faculty and approved by the Department Chair. Financial need will not be documented but will be based on the student's statement; students may be invited to elaborate on need in response to self or faculty nomination.
