Attend Our Scholarship Awards Event
Join Us As We Honor 14 Colorado Aspiring Authors on September 11, 2026
The Colorado Authors Hall of Fame (the Hall) will deliver 16 scholarships valued at over $10,000 each to aspiring Colorado authors-to-be. Each scholarship consists of cash and an intensive one-year coaching-mentoring program created by the Hall. The scholarships are part of its commitment to encourage, support, and nurture Colorado-connected authors.
This year’s winners will be honored at a luncheon celebration on Friday, September 11, 2026, at the Inverness Denver in Englewood, Colorado.
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The number of applicants was significantly larger than previous years’ submissions. Applicants ranged from 26 to 78 years of age. The judges were so impressed with the quality and variety that they asked the Hall’s board if the number of honorees could be expanded. It was, adding a new category, Runner Up, and allowing for more Finalists.
Previously, there were two categories:
Winners limited to five and Finalists limited to three. Entries were both fiction and nonfiction and genres consisted of fantasy, mystery, biography, and business.
The 2026 full Scholarship Winners to be honored are: Mallory Decker, Emma Needell, Molly Heines, Tiffany Nieslanik, and Sam Rosewilde. The three Runners Up to be honored include: Erin Jones, Jim Roome, and Stacey Naughton. The six Finalists to be honored include: Lucas Cunningham, Susan Loriho, Emily Richardson, Terry Schultz, Farrah Yeganeh, and Zachary Walker.