Scholarship Update
By Therese Walsh | August 18, 2022 |
Hi everyone,
A quick, informal note from me this morning to update the application requirements for the Writer Unboxed OnConference scholarship.
We’d asked that scholarship applicants send a description of what community has meant to them. This morning, I received an entry from someone who said they had no writing community, but dearly wished they had one, and that’s why they were applying.
[head-explosion emoji]
They are exactly the sort of person who should apply, of course, and I missed it–probably because I’ve been surrounded by a writing community for so long that I can barely recall not having one and can’t imagine living without one.
So this morning, I set aside my me-colored glasses and updated yesterday’s post to make space for people who don’t yet have a writing community. Because they are, arguably, the people who need this scholarship the most.
If you lack a writing community, if you don’t have one that has helped in the way you need, I hope that you’ll apply for a scholarship. I hope that you’ll participate in this OnConference, because this OnConference is here for you.
Link to that updated post is HERE.
Write on.
-Therese
Therese Walsh (she/her) co-founded Writer Unboxed in 2006 and is the site’s editorial director. She was the editor of WU’s only book, Author in Progress, and runs the Writer Unboxed UnConference.
Her second novel, The Moon Sisters, received starred reviews and was named one of the best books of the year by Library Journal and Book Riot.
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“Me-colored glasses.” Lol. Teri, you are the LAST person I know who’d wear a pair of those, but it’s so cute you think you did. Simply being aware that you might have tried them on — even briefly — proves my point. xoxo
Thank you for this update. And thanks to that applicant who prompted this update. I don’t have a community either, and that’s why I thought I was the wrong person to apply, so this update is very heartening. :)