Scholarships for Aspiring and Achieving Authors

Through your continued support, and generous donations to the Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame, scholarships are awarded to underwrite the education, classes, and conferences to support authors’ and aspiring authors to achieve their publishing goals.

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Applications open in November and close on March 31, the following year.



Through your continued support and generous donations to the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame, scholarships are awarded to underwrite the education, classes, and conferences to support authors and aspiring authors to achieve their publishing goals.

 

The total value of each scholarship is $17,000, consisting of cash of $2000 with the balance of $15,000 as the value of education, classes, conferences, and coaching provided.

 

The Colorado Authors Hall of Fame Scholarship is open to applicants who:

  • are over 20 years of age
  • are a legal Colorado resident
  • are an unpublished author, either in your name or a chosen pen name
  • have not published publicly as a solo author in a traditional independent or self-published venue
  • your work is based on an original creation and not generated, augmented, or assisted by an AI content creator
  • who have a desire to become a successful author
  • in your submission essay, include "Why I want to write and become an author" and "What I plan to do with my scholarship funds"
  • include a sampling of your already written work of at least 20 pages; insert page numbers into your Essay and Sample Writing submission
  • will attend the awards luncheon on Friday, September 11 at the Inverness Hotel in Englewood, CO
  • will participate in a minimum of 75% of the mentorship workshop programs
  • agree to receive half of the financial scholarship at the Fall luncheon and the balance will to be delivered when 50% of the workshops are completed

 

Essays will be evaluated for excellence of writing, creativity and, yes, grammar by a panel of judges consisting of bookstore owners, librarians and published authors.

 

The winners will be announced and notified in July each year participate in the Colorado Authors Hall Aspiring Authors Scholarship luncheon inthe Fall, to accept their scholarship.

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