Announcing the 2022 Writer Unboxed OnConference Scholarship
By Writer Unboxed | August 17, 2022 |
A writing community can take many forms, from an established website like Writer Unboxed, to an online group you participate with over Facebook or Discord, to an in-person group you meet up with monthly at a local library, to a critique partner you rely upon who lives on the other side of the world. And that’s just a start.
This year’s OnConference was built to honor COMMUNITY, pushing beyond the traditional online conference experience to provide unique opportunities to connect with one another throughout the event. (Click HERE to learn more about that.) Beyond the community activities we have planned for our 3-week event, our community lounge will stay open for 4 full months, allowing you to gather for writing-related activities through the end of 2022.
All to say that we understand how important community can be to a writer’s life; it can not only help you to persevere in the writing craft, but can help you to be a better writer overall. It has done just that for so many of us.
So it makes sense that this year’s scholarship opportunity be about community as well.
Who should apply?
If you’re interested in an OnConference focused on deep craft and community-centric extras–
If you, too, know the value of a writing community and would like to forge new connections through this event–
If you might not otherwise be able to participate in this year’s OnConference but are seriously interested–
then we hope you’ll consider applying for WU’s Community Scholarship.
How to enter:
Please send the following to unconference@writerunboxed.com:
- A response to this prompt: “How has COMMUNITY helped to support you and your writing? How has it helped to propel you forward?” OR, if you’ve struggled to experience community in the way that you’d like, please share your experience, and why you’d like to find ways to connect. “Why might a writing community be a game-changer for you? How might it positively impact your writing life and your work?” (300 words or less, in the body of the email)
- A Word document or PDF attachment showing five consecutive pages of your manuscript
Optional:
- A response to this prompt: “Is there anyone else within your community that you would award an OnConference ticket to if you could? Why?” (150 words or less, in the body of the email)
Application deadline for this scholarship is Wednesday, August 31st.
Don’t be shy! If you value community and would like to participate in the upcoming OnConference, we’d love to hear from you.
WU Community: How have others supported you, helped to evolve your craft, and kept you inspired? Even if you are not applying for the scholarship, we’d love to hear from you in comments.
Writer Unboxed began as a collaboration between Kathleen Bolton and Therese Walsh in 2006. Since then, the site has grown to include ~50 regular contributors and a variety of guests on rotation throughout a given year.
In 2016, the Writer Unboxed team published a book with Writer’s Digest / Random House. AUTHOR IN PROGRESS: A No-Holds-Barred Guide to What It Really Takes to Get Published is a comprehensive guide focused on helping writers over/around/through hurdles faced at every stage of the novel-writing process. It’s received some ***** reviews; we hope you’ll check it out.
If you’d like to be among the first to know about the next Writer Unboxed UnConference, which will likely tie-in with WU’s 20th Anniversary celebration, please sign up for our mailing list!
Write on!
Connecting with other writers is reassuring. I need to know there’s others who put a chunk of their life into writing, knowing that they may not receive acknowledgement. Writer friends call me the critique guru. Critique is the number one reason my work is advancing. The Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators has helped me gain community, education, and understand publishing and marketing. As with everything in my life, volunteerism comes back to benefit me in surprising ways. And, of course, thank you Writer Unboxed!