Scholarship Poetry Contests
There are many scholarships available to practically anyone who can string together
a few sentences with some degree of logic and a reasonable amount of style. In other
words, if you can write pretty well and/or present a logical argument in an eloquent
manner, you may be able to pay for a chunk of your college with that very ability.
Or maybe you fancy yourself a poet? Who knows? Maybe you are good enough at your
craft to win a scholarship or two? The following are just some examples of poetry
scholarships and essay scholarships for which almost anyone can qualify. Please
feel free to explore some of these opportunities by clicking on the title of each
of them. And don't forget to conduct a free scholarship
search, too.
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Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest
Annual Essay Contest on Ayn Rand’s Novel, ATLAS SHRUGGED
For College Students (Graduate and Undergraduate) AND 12th-Graders
Entry Deadline: September 17
FIRST PRIZE: $10,000
3 SECOND PRIZES: $2,000
5 THIRD PRIZES: $1,000
20 FINALISTS: $100
20 SEMIFINALISTS: $50
All information necessary to enter the contest is contained on:
http://www.aynrand.org/contests More
Poetry Out Loud Scholarship Contest
Poetry Out Loud encourages the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through exploration, memorization, and performance. The inspiration for this program is to promote poetry in both
the classroom and the community. Poetry Out Loud provides an entry point for many students to learn to love poetry and keep their favorite poems for a lifetime.
The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation joined together to create Poetry Out Loud in 2004 and now, in partnership with state arts agencies, dynamic poetry recitation competitions are taking place in classrooms across the country. More
Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships
Two Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships are awarded annually through a national competition open to undergraduate and graduate students in creative writing or English who are enrolled in a university or college at the time of the application. Students must be American citizens under thirty years old and must not have published a collection of poetry or had one accepted for future publication.
Program directors or department chairs are invited to nominate one, and only one student-poet from their programs. More