Blue Ink: A Literary Arts Journal
Congratulations to the student writers and the editorial board of the TSU’s Languages, Literature, and Philosophy’s new journal of student writing, Blue Ink: A Literary Arts Journal.
Check it out and see what talent we have here at TSU!
I would encourage all participants in Blue Ink and other students at Tennessee State University to consider applying for these scholarships and reach out to the AARC’s Writing Center at TSU if you need any assistance.
Three Scholarships to Consider worth $28,000 Due in June
1. https://bold.org/scholarships/the-be-bold-no-essay-scholarship/
$25,000 “Be Bold” No-Essay Scholarship, D: June 1, 2025
While this scholarship requires no essay and is open to any student at any level (high school, undergraduate, and graduate), it does require you to create a Bold.org “profile [which] is most bold, according to [the] characteristics: Earnest, Determined, and Moving.”
Note: You can see pass winners of this $25,000 scholarship and finalists. Take note of their Bold.org profile and think about how you can be creative in putting your Bold.org profile together.
Much like if you are a TSU student applying for a TSU Foundation scholarship, the writing consultants in the Writing Center can review your profile and help you put your best foot forward by making sure your profile stands out and represents the best of you.
2. https://bold.org/scholarships/ronran-glee-literary-scholarship/
$2,000 RonranGlee Literary Scholarship, D: June 17, 2025; 5 winners
Open to high school seniors, two and four-year undergraduate students
Essay topic: “Please select a paragraph of your choosing (provide a copy of the paragraph in your response), preferably from an ancient literature or philosophy book, and write a short essay expounding your understanding of the writer’s underlying meaning of the text
Note: This is basically asking for you to interpret (do a “close reading”) of a piece of literature, something many students have done when they look ENGL 1020, a World Literature course, or a Philosophy course.
You can ask the Writing Center consultants to help you with coming up with places to find the text you wish to interpret and different approaches you can take in this essay.
3. https://scholarships360.org/scholarships/search/pen-to-paper-scholarship-for-storytellers/
$1,000 Scholarship360 “Pen to Paper” Scholarship for Storytellers, D: June 30, 2025
Selected criteria in quotation marks from the website:
“To apply for this scholarship, students must submit a 250-word piece of original creative writing.
[Note: Please only respond to 1 of the following 3 prompts] 1. If you were a superhero, what would your superpower be? What would be your weakness? 2. Write a short story using the following three words as a foundation – (1) friendship, (2) abrupt, (3) repair 3. Describe a day in the life of an inanimate object.”
Note: Notice that you must answer one of the three prompts with an original 250-word piece of creative writing.
“Please note that applicants will be reviewed based on both the quality of their essay and quantity of scholarships applied for on the Scholarships360 platform. Scholarships360 users who are more active on the platform will be given higher consideration. Happy writing!”
Note: You will have to create a Scholarship360 account in order to apply for this scholarship. Also, if you apply for more scholarships on the Scholarship360 platform, you will be given more consideration.
You should apply for as many scholarships as possible on the Scholarship360 platform as well as this one.
Scholarship is open to “high school juniors and seniors in the graduating class of 2025 or 2026, or currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate students. U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents can apply.”
Note: This scholarship is open to undergraduates and graduate students attending TSU, as long as they are U.S. Citizens or legal permanent residents.
Also, high school juniors and seniors can apply.
Other Scholarships to Consider
Some of these are just to alert you to possible scholarship opportunities.
Go through past blog entries to find scholarships you may have missed.
Some of these are familiar while others are for you to investigate and see if the opportunities apply to you.
https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/our-scholarships
Unigo.com scholarships to consider, such as the $1,500 Fifth Month Scholarship (D: May 31, 2025), $2,000 Zombie Apocalypse Scholarship (D: Oct 31, 2025), $5,000 Education Matters Scholarship (D: Nov 30, 2025), and $10,000 Unigo Scholarship (D: Dec 31, 2025).
https://www.peointernational.org/educational-support/
All the different educational support for women administered by P.E.O. International (such as low interest loans, scholarships for international women to study in the U.S. or Canada, need-based grants for women who have had their education interrupted, women in their senior of high school to help pay for college, and other programs)
$10,000 Hyundai Women in STEM scholarship, D: June 30, 2025 (five scholarships awarded)
https://bold.org/scholarships/young-women-in-stem-scholarship/
$5,000 Young Women in STEM Scholarship, D: June 10, 2025 (three winners): Low-income female students, high school seniors or undergraduates, write a “series of short essay questions about yourself and your goals for the future.” (three questions, 250 words each)
https://www.mybiosource.com/scholarship_all_majors
$1,000 MyBioSource Inc. Scholarship for All Majors, D: June 30, 2025 (five winners): Open to high school seniors, undergraduates, graduate students, international students; any major (STEM majors have a separate application); complete an application with a 250 “word response on why you have chosen your intended college major and why you should receive the scholarship”
Refer to past blog entries to see how to contact the TSU Writing Center. You can also email me, Mike Turner, writing consultant and scholarship coach, at mjturner@tnstate.edu
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