New York Life Scholarship

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About the Scholarship

Opens: 10/1/2023

Closes: 12/1/2023

New York Life Scholarship recognizes and rewards, with scholarships, middle and high school students who submit works or art or writing that express the loss of a loved one.

Win up to

$1,000

Essay Required: Yes
Need-Based: No
Merit-Based: No
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Requirements

All students in grades 7-12 who are currently enrolled in public, private, or home schools in the United States, U.S.-sponsored schools abroad, and Canada are eligible to enter the Scholastic Awards Competition.

Writing categories include critical essay, dramatic script, flash fiction (formerly short story), humor, journalism, novel writing, personal essay and memoir, poetry, science fiction, and fantasy, and short story.

Art categories include architecture and industrial design, ceramics and glass, comic art, design, digital art, drawing and illustration, editorial cartoon, fashion, film and animation, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video game design.

Students must have experienced the death of a close loved one.

Their works of creative writing or art must explore that loss.

They must include a 50word personal statement that describes their experience with grief and how their work relates to that experience.

Additional state scholarships are available in Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, and New Mexico.

Details

Pursued Degree Level

Bachelor's Degree

Current Grade

High School Freshman, High School Sophomore, High School Junior, High School Senior

Location

Country: CA, US
State: MI, MS, MT, NJ, NM

Intended Area of Study

Architecture, Art, Cartoonists and Cartoons, Ceramics, Design, Fashion and Apparel Design, Illustration, Metal and Jewelry Arts, Journalism, Painting, Photography, Sculpture

Activities

Fiction, Playwriting, Visual Arts, Writing Nonfiction, Writing Poetry, Writing Science Fiction, Writing Short Stories

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