Bennington College is organizing Young Writers Awards (YWA) competition for international students to win up to $1000. Winners and finalists of YWA contest will get eligible for undergraduate scholarships in USA. The winners of the essay award will get selected for this international scholarship will enroll at Bennington College and will receive a total scholarship of $60,000 which is $15,000 every year for four years of study. Finalists who will get selected will enroll at Bennington College and will receive a total of $40,000 which is $10,000 every year for four years of undergraduate study.
Host Institute::
- Bennington College
Competition Location:
- Online
Competition level:
- High school students
Benefits of Bennington College Young Writers Awards 2024-25:
- There is no registration fees.
- Winners in each category who will come on first-place will be given a prize of $1,000
- Winners on second-place will get $500.
- Winners on third-place will get $250.
- The winners and finalists of Young Writers Award (YWA) will get eligible for undergraduate scholarships at Bennington.
- Winners who get selected will receive a scholarship for four years of study.
- Finalists who get selected will also receive a scholarship for four years of study.
- The entries of winners will be published on the Bennington College website.
Eligibility Criteria for Bennington College Young Writers Awards 2024-25:
- Students should be in grades 9–12.
- Participants can be from outside the United States.
- Candidates can submit three poems, a short story, or a personal or academic nonfiction essay.
- You can choose 1 category:
- Poetry: A group of three poems
- Fiction: A short story (not more than 1,500 words).
- Nonfiction: A personal or academic essay (not more than 1,500 words).
- For each category a first, second, and third place winner will be selected.
- Candidates should select and submit in only one category only once a year.
- Participants should follow the word counts strictly.
- Word count will include all the text including headers, footers, footnotes, titles, and bibliographies.
- The work submitted must be original work and should not be copied from any source.
- The entries will be checked for plagiarism and all plagiarized submissions will be cancelled.
- A high school sponsor teacher must review and approve your work.
- Homeschooled students should ask their mentors to sponsor their work.
- All entries must be in English.
Submission Deadline:
- The last date to submit your writing is 1st November, 2024.
Apply: https://www.bennington.edu/events/young-writers-awards
