Ursinus College Creative Writing Award
Direct application
Full tuition
1 winner
Eligibility
School
Ursinus College
Major
English Literature
Education level
High school
About this scholarship
High school seniors who gain admission to Ursinus College may compete for a single full-tuition creative writing scholarship. Submit a portfolio of up to 10 double-spaced pages of fiction, poetry, or mixed genres. A committee of past winners, finalists, and faculty selects the recipient.
The award covers full tuition and renews for four years. The winner lives in the dorm room once occupied by J.D. Salinger during freshman year, takes a leadership role in the campus writing community, and helps review future portfolios and select the next winner.
Essay question
What else to submit
- Creative writing portfolio of no more than 10 double-spaced pages in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, or a combination of genres
- Submission is a creative writing PORTFOLIO, not a standard essay; limit is a PAGE limit: no more than 10 double-spaced pages (no word/character limit stated, so wordLimit is null).
- Apply to Ursinus College by January 13; submit the Creative Writing Award portfolio by January 15.
- Submit through the admissions portal using credentials sent upon initial application submission.
- Selected candidates attend on-campus interviews in March and must bring a one-page hard copy sample of an original work to be read aloud in the workshop.
- Must be admitted to Ursinus College (standardized test scores not required).
- Selected candidates must attend an on-campus interview in March and bring a one-page hard-copy original work sample to read aloud in the workshop.
- Recipient lives in the former J.D. Salinger freshman-year dorm room, takes a campus-writing-community leadership role, and helps review future portfolios and select the next winner.