Scholarship List

In addition to our General Scholarships, there are a number of Special Scholarships in support of specific recipients or workshops, and Named Funds honoring those who have had a significant impact on children’s literature. You can see a full list of these below.

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Special Scholarships

Scholarship

Type of Scholarship

Asian & Asian American Storyteller Scholarship

For Asian and Asian American storytellers

Richard H. Bell Scholarship

For educators

Paula Cohen Scholarship for Picture Book Creators

Supports two unpublished picture book creators annually for personal retreats

Community Connection Scholarship

For pre-published MG or YA novelists

Floyd Cooper Scholarship

For an illustrator of color or an Indigenous illustrator

Disability Representation in Children's Books Scholarship

For storytellers who identify as disabled

Diversify Science Scholarship for Illustrators

For Indigenous, Black, and people of color who are interested in science and nature illustration

Liz Goulet Dubois Scholarship for Picture Book Creators

Annually supports a budding author or illustrator

Rebecca Dykes Writers Scholarship

For a storyteller impacted by femicide

Patricia Lee Gauch Scholarship

For MG or YA novelists

James Cross Giblin Scholarship

For nonfiction writers

Nikki Grimes Scholarship

For Black and Afro-Indigenous Women writers and poets

Erin Entrada Kelly Scholarship

For middle grade writers of color with a demonstrated financial need

Native Creatives Scholarship

For Indigenous authors, artists, and creators

Jewish Voices Scholarship

Supports a Jewish storyteller

Kidlit Pride Scholarship

For writers and illustrators from the LGBTQIA2S+ community

Stuart Kirkfield Scholarship

For an aspiring female picture book writer coming to writing later in life

Latinx Storyteller Scholarship

For Latinx storytellers

Steve Light Scholarship

To support sending an illustrator to our Summer Camp in Illustration

Linda Elovitz Marshall and Bob Marshall Scholarship

For a writer or illustrator

Jack Myers Scholarship

For science writers

The Neurodiverse Kidlit Scholarship

For neurodivergent storytellers

Overlook Foundation Scholarship

For storytellers with a science and nature focus

SCBWI Impact Fund Scholarship

For storytellers who self-identify with a historically marginalized or underrepresented group

Send a Teacher to Summer Camp Scholarship

For a K-12 educator to attend Summer Camp in Writing

Soon Ok Scholarship

For a Transracial Adoptee storyteller

South Asian Storytellers Scholarship

For South Asian storytellers

Stanton Picture Book Scholarship

Supports a woman pursuing creating picture books as a second (or third) career

Christine & Kenneth Taylor-Butler Scholarship

For a middle grade or picture book storyteller

TBTG Foundation Scholarship

To support a storyteller as they inspire kids

The Brown Bookshelf Scholarship

For Black storytellers

The Katey Howes Maker Scholarship

To encourage fellow storytellers to build a better world for our children

The Palestinian Writers and Illustrators Scholarship

Supports Palestinian and Palestinian American storytellers

The Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff "Breaking Barriers" Scholarship

For children's book writers and poets

Trans Women Write Scholarship

Supports trans women and transfeminine writers

Transgender and Nonbinary Scholarship for Picture Book Storytellers

For a Transgender or Nonbinary person pursuing the craft of picture books

Renée Watson Scholarship

Annually supports a week-long independent writing retreat for a Black woman writer.

Jerome Weisman Scholarship

For illustrators

Wheeler Whole Novel Workshop 50+ Award

For an unpublished, middle grade writer fifty years of age or older to attend one of the Whole Novel Workshops

Whole Novel Scholarship for Jewish Writers

Supports a Jewish novelist

Alicia D. Williams Scholarship

Supports a single parent who is passionate about writing for children and young adults

Kay Yoder Scholarship for History Writers

For history writers

Jane Yolen & Heidi EY Stemple Scholarship

To help writers learn about the craft or business of children's books

General Scholarships: Inspire Funds

In addition to the special scholarships listed above, we have established these Inspire funds as a way to honor the Highlights Foundation’s history and those that have played an important role in our scholarship program over the years. Inspire Funds provide support to our General Scholarships.

Anti-Bias Book Bearer Fund
Pat Broderick
Elizabeth Myers Brown
Susan Weber Brown
Pam Conrad
Joy Cowley
Bernice E. Cullinan
Diverse Verse
Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Nancy Edwards
Margery Facklam
Bernette Ford
Lee Bennett Hopkins
Peter P. Jacobi
Jewish Writer/Illustrator of Color
Janet Keen
kidlitwomen* Fund
Alison Green Myers & Garry Myers
Garry Myers III
Greg and Cassie Myers
Pacific Islander Storyteller Fund
Willa Perlman Fund
PJ Library Fund
Poesía Fund for Latinx Poets
Barbara Seuling
Jerry & Eileen Spinelli
Storystorm
Virginia Walsh
Ruthann & Roger Williamson
Debra Winegarten
Clay Winters

See an Overview of Our Scholarship Program

Scholarship List

Special Scholarships

General Scholarships: Inspire Funds

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