Highlights Foundation Scholarship Success Stories
A Visit to Remember: Valerie Bolling Uses Her Renée Watson Scholarship to Write 15,000 Words
Our friend and faculty member Valerie Bolling was the 2024 recipient of the Renée Watson Scholarship, which annually supports a week-long independent writing retreat for a Black woman writer. Valerie said: "This was the first time I have stayed at Highlights for an...
Creation & Connection: Scholarships Bring 4 Writers to Asian & Asian American Voices Retreat
Emily Sun Li, Meredith Seung Mee Buse, Parsa Choudhury, and Patricia Miranda joined us at Asian and Asian American Voices: an In-Community Retreat with scholarship support from Hawthornden Foundation and our General Scholarship Fund. "The experience was truly...
Scholarships Enable 2 Writers to Retreat In-Community at the Jewish Symposium
With scholarship support from Hawthornden Foundation and the PJ Library Scholarship, Lisa Cloherty and Ariel Birdoff were able to attend the Jewish Symposium: An In-Community Gathering for Jewish Writers and Illustrators. Lisa says "THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I...
Creating Art Leads to New Manuscript Idea for Scholarship Recipient
With support from a PJ Library Scholarship, Dina Hodara attended the Working (Playing) Retreat: Artistic Play and Exploration. Dina told us that "creating art actually got my mind working on a new manuscript idea that I had been trying to work out for years! So...
With Scholarship Support, Writers Make Discoveries at Writing Through Trauma In-Community Retreat
With scholarship support from Hawthornden Foundation and Rebecca Dykes Writers, Mitu Malhotra, Jess Rinker, Ashley Wilda (Ash), Celia W. Seupel and J.H. Ahn were able to attend Writing Through Trauma to Empower Readers: A Working In-Community Retreat for Storytellers....
Mentee Carries on Mentor’s Legacy: Floyd Cooper and Daria Peoples
Floyd Cooper Day (May 10, 2024) has a special meaning for us this year. Floyd was the award-winning illustrator and author/illustrator of nearly 100 books for children, and a long-time friend, faculty member and mentor here at the Highlights Foundation. In 2019, we...
Highlights Foundation Awards Scholarships to 115 Storytellers Who Write and Illustrate for Kids
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2024 Highlights Foundation Awards Scholarships to 115 Storytellers Who Write and Illustrate for Kids Honesdale, PA – The Highlights Foundation has awarded a record 115 scholarships to aspiring and established children’s authors...
Elyse Arring Finds Respite and Support at a Personal Retreat with Scholarship Help
At our first 2024 #HFGather, we asked Elyse Arring to share her experience with her Personal Retreat scholarship. You can see the full recording of her comments here (start at timestamp 45:03) but we're sharing some of them here. Thank you, Elyse! Elyse wanted and...
Shuba Moran: Winning a Scholarship and Choosing to Take an Online Course
At our first 2024 #HFGather, we asked Shuba Moran to share her experience with using her scholarship to take her first online class with us. You can see the full recording of her comments here (start at timestamp 20:50) but we're sharing some of them here. Thank you,...
#HFGather: 2024 Scholarship Celebration and Information Session
Update 2/1/24: our 2024 scholarship application period is now closed. To be informed of future scholarship opportunities, join the mailing list. #HFGather: 2024 Scholarship Celebration and Information Session Highlights Foundation Program Director Alison Green Myers...
