Alabama Writers’ Conclave Scholarship Award At The University of Montevallo Montevallo, Alabama » More information here.
Application Process
December-February Student prepares and submits one entry in the specified format to his or her school's English department. March 1-Postmark date March-April Alabama Writers' Conclave Scholarship Committee screens entries. University of Montevallo Scholarship Committee selects the winner. Neither Alabama Writers' Conclave members nor members of their families may serve on the final selection committee. May 1 Winner will be notified of the selection and disbursement of the award will be made upon winner's enrollment in the University of Montevallo. Scholarship Endowment Alabama Writers' Conclave has endowed an annual scholarship for an Alabama high school graduate or transferee from an Alabama junior college, entering the University of Montevallo. The Award (approximately $500 per category, but amount may vary) will be applied toward payment of tuition and fees. The recipient may follow any curriculum. The oldest continuing writers' organization in the United States, Alabama Writers Conclave, was organized in 1923 at Alabama College (now the University of Montevallo). Its co-founders, Dr. Thomas Palmer, then president of Alabama College, and Katherine Chapman, well-known writer from Selma, were assisted by Mary Staten Gilmore, Birmingham civic leader and chair of the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs. The Conclave's several hundred writers of fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and plays, editors and publishers, and teachers of writing come mostly from Alabama, but also from other states. Together they provide a forum for sharing information, developing ideas, honing skills and giving practical advice and encouragement to beginning writers as well as to proficient and widely-established authors. The Conclave also receives nomination for Alabama's poet laureate who is appointed by the Governor of Alabama every four years. Scholarship Competition Eligibility Juniors and seniors expecting to graduate from any Alabama high school and transferees from any Alabama junior college who plan to enroll in the University of Montevallo may compete for the Alabama Writers' Conclave scholarship by entering the annual writing contest. To receive the award the winner must graduate from high school and be accepted for admission to the University. Competition Categories (Choose one) Essay: An expository, analytical, persuasive, or personal essay, limited to no less than three and no more than five pages of double-spaced type will be judged on unity of focus, logical organization, and coherence. Poetry: Up to three poems in any form(s), but limited to thirty lines each, will be judged on adherence to the form chosen and labeled by the writer, and by his or her skillful use of language. Short Fiction: A narrative limited to 2,500 words or less will be judged by its creation of a convincing fictional world through which, through its development of believable characters and plot and its use of concrete details, suggests a significant insight into human experience. General Qualifications Competition is open to any junior or senior showing academic promise who expects to graduate from an Alabama high school. In addition, students transferring from Alabama junior colleges may enter the competition. Student pays no entry fee. Student must submit original work (no plagiarism or joint authorship.) Students must include a cover sheet with title, applicant's name, address, and telephone number, and name of school/junior college and of the English teacher. Applicant's name must appear on the cover sheet only. Student's manuscript must have one-inch margins and be double-spaced, dark type on opaque white paper of good quality. Prose manuscripts must have title on page one, then, starting on page two, the page number and title of the manuscript must appear in the upper right hand corner of successive pages. Each poem, appropriately titled and form stated, must appear on a separate sheet, with page number and title of manuscript in the upper right hand corner of any second page. Because no manuscripts will be returned, the applicant and school should retain a copy. For Further Information please contact: Or AWC Scholarship Committee Francesca Gross 2229 Chapel Road Birmingham, AL 35226 fgross7@bellsouth.net Other Entering Freshman Scholarships Community College Transfer Scholarships Alabama Writers Conclave Scholarship Award Amount varies. Scholarship Competition Eligibility: Juniors and seniors expecting to graduate from any Alabama high school and transferees from any Alabama junior college who plan to enroll in the University of Montevallo may compete for the Alabama Writers' Conclave scholarship by entering the annual writing contest. Competition categories are essay, poetry and short fiction. The winner must graduate from high school and be accepted for admission to the University to receive the award. Deadline March 1.