From A Career Change, to Nearly 100 Published Books: Paying It Forward with Christine Taylor-ButlerOctober 30, 2024 | Scholarship StoriesNearly 25 years ago, Christine Taylor-Butler attended her first Highlights Foundation workshop. Today, she’s ...
Two Scholarship Recipients Explore Craft Amidst the Serenity, Escape of In-Community RetreatOctober 23, 2024 | Black Voices, Scholarship StoriesIn July, the Highlights Foundation hosted the 4-day Black Voices Retreat, an in-community retreat for Black ...
Two Writers Unlock progress on their Novels Through Revision and Their Whole Novel Workshop ScholarshipsOctober 3, 2024 | Asian American Voices, Black Voices, Scholarship StoriesBrinda Shah and Trenise C. Ferreira joined us for an online Whole Novel Workshop as General Scholarship ...
Two Illustrators Find Fuel Through Craft & Community with Summer Camp ScholarshipsSeptember 23, 2024 | Scholarship StoriesLynnor Bontigao: The Kidlitwomen* Scholarship Kidlit friends told Lynnor about Highlights but she knew she ...
Middle Grade Writer Learns Character Development Strategies & Builds Community Through a General ScholarshipSeptember 23, 2024 | Scholarship StoriesDiane Mittler is a kidlit writer who draws inspiration for her work from her experiences, including dealing with a ...
Scholarship Recipient Navigates Career Next Steps with Support at the Highlights FoundationSeptember 13, 2024 | Muslim Storytellers, Scholarship StoriesOmar on campus with S.K. AliFrom Omar's time on campusThanks to funding from the Doris Duke Foundation (DDF), the ...
Scholarship Recipient Makes Significant Progress on a Middle Grade Draft + New Community ConnectionsSeptember 11, 2024 | Asian American Voices, Scholarship StoriesNancy So Miller with Executive Director George Brown in front of the Art Wall. "Having the opportunity to write ...
Author-Illustrator Finds Support and Validation Through a Scholarship and Personal RetreatSeptember 11, 2024 | Latinx Voices, Scholarship StoriesAndrea Cruz Floren (left) is pictured here on a personal retreat, with Zara González Hoang (center) and Executive ...
Cathryn Brenner: New Tools and Confidence in the Next Steps Toward Helping Young Readers & MathematiciansAugust 27, 2024 | Scholarship StoriesCathryn Brenner is a semi-retired elementary school teacher with a passion for supporting struggling young readers ...
Scholarship Helps Meg Eden Kuyatt On Path to a Novel In VerseAugust 26, 2024 | Scholarship StoriesMeg Eden Kuyatt's forthcoming novel in verse, THE GIRL IN THE WALLS, is set to be published by Scholastic in ...
A Visit to Remember: Valerie Bolling Uses Her Renée Watson Scholarship to Write 15,000 WordsJune 16, 2024 | Black Voices, Scholarship StoriesOur friend and faculty member Valerie Bolling was the 2024 recipient of the Renée Watson Scholarship, which ...By: Valerie Bolling
Creation & Connection: Scholarships Bring 4 Writers to Asian & Asian American Voices RetreatJune 16, 2024 | Asian American Voices, Scholarship StoriesEmily Sun Li, Meredith Seung Mee Buse, Parsa Choudhury, and Patricia Miranda joined us at Asian and Asian American ...