2017 Fellowship & Scholarship Deadline: MARCH 5th, 2017!
The Seaside Writers Conference is proud to offer two scholarships to students from the University of Mississippi MFA program every year, and we are also proud to be nearly doubling our financial aid this year with TWO Fiction Fellowships, ONE Poetry Fellowship, and ONE CNF Fellowship, as well as ONE CNF/Fiction Scholarship, and ONE Scholarship for Veterans.
Don't forget: AWP members can apply for $500 scholarships* through their site! www.awpwriter.org/contests/wcc_scholarships_overview
*We are proud AWP conference members, but this AWP scholarship is not sponsored by SWC, and SWC does not have any affiliation with judging or award. This opportunity would apply to the conference fee.
Don't forget: AWP members can apply for $500 scholarships* through their site! www.awpwriter.org/contests/wcc_scholarships_overview
*We are proud AWP conference members, but this AWP scholarship is not sponsored by SWC, and SWC does not have any affiliation with judging or award. This opportunity would apply to the conference fee.
Current SWC Financial Aid Opportunities:
Creative Nonfiction FELLOWSHIP
Creative Nonfiction or Fiction SCHOLARSHIP
Fiction FELLOWSHIP
Fiction FELLOWSHIP
Poetry FELLOWSHIP
Poetry or Fiction VETERAN SCHOLARSHIP
Go to the "Enroll, Apply, Engage" page for more information and to apply.
Announcing the 2017
University of Mississippi Scholars
Jennifer Key - University of Mississippi Seaside Scholar in Poetry
Jennifer Key was a Diane Middlebrook Fellow at the University of Wisconsin and a Henry Hoyns Fellow at the University of Virginia. Her work has appeared in Callaloo, The Carolina Quarterly, The Hopkins Review, and The Southwest Review. In 2013 The University of Tampa Press published her poetry collection The Old Dominion as winner of the Tampa Review Poetry Prize. She has taught at Southern Methodist University, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and in the MFA program at Southern Illinois University. She currently holds a John and Renée Grisham Fellowship in poetry at the University of Mississippi.
Jennifer Key was a Diane Middlebrook Fellow at the University of Wisconsin and a Henry Hoyns Fellow at the University of Virginia. Her work has appeared in Callaloo, The Carolina Quarterly, The Hopkins Review, and The Southwest Review. In 2013 The University of Tampa Press published her poetry collection The Old Dominion as winner of the Tampa Review Poetry Prize. She has taught at Southern Methodist University, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and in the MFA program at Southern Illinois University. She currently holds a John and Renée Grisham Fellowship in poetry at the University of Mississippi.
Elsa Nekola - University of Mississippi Seaside Scholar in Fiction
Elsa Nekola is a writer from Wisconsin. She is currently a candidate for her MFA in fiction at the University of Mississippi. Her work has been featured in Rosebud Magazine and is forthcoming in Midwestern Gothic.
Elsa Nekola is a writer from Wisconsin. She is currently a candidate for her MFA in fiction at the University of Mississippi. Her work has been featured in Rosebud Magazine and is forthcoming in Midwestern Gothic.