Highlights Foundation Scholarship Success Stories

Mentee Carries on Mentor’s Legacy: Floyd Cooper and Daria Peoples

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...

#HFGather: 2024 Scholarship Celebration and Information Session

#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...

How 2 Writers Used Their Scholarships to Sharpen Revision Skills

How 2 Writers Used Their Scholarships to Sharpen Revision Skills

Meet Christiana Doucette and Zahra Raza! Both received General Scholarships in 2022  and chose to take revision workshops. Zahra took Line Editing Your MG or YA Novel with Jennifer Gennari, and Christiana took Revising Your Verse Novel with Cordelia Jensen. Both are...