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 ...
With Scholarship Support, Writers Make Discoveries at Writing Through Trauma In-Community RetreatMay 17, 2024 | Minds & Bodies, Scholarship StoriesWith scholarship support from Hawthornden Foundation and Rebecca Dykes Writers, Mitu Malhotra, Jess Rinker, Ashley ...