ASF Writing Scholarship

Scholarship: ASF Writing Scholarship

Scholarship Award: $1500

Eligibility Requirements:

• Nebraska college-bound high school seniors

Submission Criteria: Only one submission per student

• Submissions must take the form of one of the following genre

  • Poetry of all forms, including song lyrics

  • Works of fiction: short story, novella, novel, prologue, excerpt, etc.

  • Plays and screenplays, or TV scripts

  • Speeches

  • Other (We understand creative writing may take many forms. If there is a question about your desired form, please contact us by email or text). 

• Research papers, term papers, assigned class essays, etc. will be excluded from this competition as they are not considered, by this committee, to be forms of creative writing. 

• Submissions do not have to be newly created but must be original works. 

Judging Criteria:

• Creativity - How imaginative and inspired is your piece? Does it surprise? Is it novel and/or unique? Is it powerful? ....weighty? ...artistic? ...risky?

• Structure - How fluid is your piece? Is it well organized and easily understood? 

• "Wow!" - Does your piece truly impress? How clever are your thoughts? How mature is your writing style? How sophisticated is your vocabulary? 

• Grammar - Given the nature and level of this competition your use of grammar and spelling will be considered and scrutinized. 

Application Deadline: March 16th 

Apply: 

• Submit PDF or WORD docs to alyssasandmeierscholarship@yahoo.com