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Toyin F. Sanni Foundation Essay Competition/ How to Apply (Reward: N3,000,000 + More)

Toyin F. Sanni Foundation Essay Competition is open Toyin F. Sanni Foundation Essay Competition has an opportunity just for you! Do you have a passion for writing? Are you a Nigerian university student facing financial constraints in paying your fees?  The Essay Competition aims to unburden the strains of university fees for deserving students. Read...

MFA in Creative Writing Scholarships: How They Work

If you love creative writing and want to study the craft at an advanced level, but lack the resources to pursue your dreams, you can consider applying for MFA in creative writing scholarships. Many schools offer MFA in creative writing scholarships to selected students that meet their requirements. Unfortunately, many aspiring writers have little or...

Steinbeck Fellowship Application 2021/ How to Apply ($15,000 + Residence)

The Steinbeck Fellowship named in honor of author John Steinbeck offers one-year fellowships in Steinbeck scholarship and in creative writing, including fiction, drama, creative nonfiction, and biography. The Steinbeck Fellowship is held at San José State University. Up to six Fellows are chosen every year. Selected Fellows are expected to give one public reading from...

The Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellowship 2021 ( Awards: $72,000 + Full access to research facilities + More) / How To Apply

The Leon Levy Center for Biography 2021 offers four resident fellowships at the Graduate Center for the academic year beginning each September.  Fellows devote their time to their projects and participate in monthly seminars and the public events of the Leon Levy Center for Biography, including the annual lecture and the annual conference, and they...

10 Statement Of Purpose Examples: How To Wow The Admission Committees Of Fully-Funded MFA Programs With Your Personal Statement (Guide + Samples +Tips)

Have you been struggling to write your personal statement or SOP? Reading some good statement of purpose examples and MFA personal statement samples can make your application season easier and less stressful. Also, it helps to read practical advice by professors who have sat on MFA in Creative Writing Admissions Committees, particularly professors who know...

Lunch Ticket has announced that it would be honored to serve as the host for the Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction in 2020. The award was named after Author Diana Woods who, during her lifetime, exuded unwavering intellectual commitment and zeal, pursuing and receiving secondary degrees in law, social work, political science, and most recently, creative writing....

Apply for the 2020 Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship (£18,000)

The Miles Morland Foundation Scholarship is open for submissions until 18th September, 2020. The scholarship is awarded annually to writers, to allow them time to write the book they propose to write. The scholarship is awarded in the fiction category and in the nonfiction category.  Previous winners of the Miles Morland Foundation Scholarship include Kola...