Announcing our Finalists for the Mid-Career Writing Scholarship

You blew me away with your talent and passion!

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Hello, Protagonists! In this post, you’ll find:

🤓 What I’m Reading This Week

🏆 Our Finalists for our $1,000 Mid-Career Writing Scholarships!

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🤓 What I’m Reading This Week

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - I’m excited to kick off the new year with a slow read-along of this classic!

Simon Haisell

hosts the Footnotes & Tangents book club where readers read one chapter a day. I’m looking forward to rewiring my mornings with coffee and a book, instead of coffee and my phone.

“An Incredibly Clever Hack for People Who Want to Read More Books” - (article, Inc.com) - Speaking of which, I also enjoyed this old-but-still-good piece about hijacking your habit of scrolling on social media and repurposing it for reading actual books. Very timely tip!

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🏆 The Finalists of our $1,000 Mid-Career Writing Scholarships

I am beyond thrilled to announce the Finalists for our CREATIVE. INSPIRED. HAPPY Mid-Career Writing Scholarships!

We had well over a thousand applicants, can you believe it?

for those who are new here: The CREATIVE. INSPIRED. HAPPY Mid-Career Writing Scholarship is for aspiring writers not currently in a professional writing career, for use toward furthering their education in writing.

To all who applied—

You made me laugh, cry, and most of all, you made me gasp in awe at your talent, passion, and deep love for writing.

If you were not selected this year, never fear, there will be new writing scholarships later this year.

To everyone who contributed funds to these scholarships—

You are truly making dreams come true, and I love you for it. Thank you, thank you, for being a part of this amazing community. 💛

And now without further ado,

Our 30 Finalists are:

• Nicholas Arce

• Maria Arretines

• Hannah Barnes

• Elizabeth Beilharz

• Danielle Benvenuto

• Harrison Bron

• Gregory Delia

• Mathe Desir

• Todd Dessinger

• Celina Dobson

• Katrina Donham

• Courtney Dunn

• Claudia Gaxiola

• Emilian Gheorghe

• Daniel Groves

• Cliff Hansen

• Beth Henshaw

• Abraham Kim

• Stephanie Larkins

• Jessica Lundgren

• Cassandra Manuel

• Khanh Mi Meadows

• Phylicia McDonald

• Heather Rolland

• Nakeshia Shannon

• Aaron Skentzos

• Jackie Sommers

• Veronica Verdejo

• Wlatee Weah

• Beste Yuksel

The two (2) winners will be announced on January 31, 2024 and will each win $1,000 to use toward furthering their writing education.

💛 Happy New Year, everyone! 💛

Reminder: our Scholarships for High School Seniors are still open.

You can find more information here.