Zora Neale Hurston Award
Awarded to selected students, who can demonstrate experience in or working with populations of color, for one session of the Summer Writing Program. The award amount covers partial to full tuition (for all recipients) and housing costs (for out-of-state recipients) for one session of the Summer Writing Program (credit or noncredit). The scholarship is based on exceptional literary merit and promise as well as financial need. Qualified applicants should contact the Department of Writing and Poetics to receive an application. Zora Neale Hurston Scholarship students need not be degree seeking to apply for this scholarship. Past winners are not eligible.