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Best Writing Scholarships in 2025

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Teachers of Accounting at Two Year Colleges (TACTYC) is pleased to announce several scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each for students majoring in Accounting. Applicants must provide a 1-2 page self-description, which includes academic and professional goals, and a 1-2 page essay answering the required question for the given case study.

Categories: Personal Essay and Critical Essay

Organization: Teachers of Accounting at Two Year Colleges

Deadline: March 01, 2026

Additional awards: Multiple awards will be given

Recipients: 7

Top award: $1,000

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The Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation is dedicated to awarding scholarships to Michigan high school seniors who represent Mrs. Parks' ideals while demonstrating academic skills, community involvement and economic need. The Foundation awards approximately forty $2,000 non-renewable scholarships annually. Students must submit a completed application form and essay by March of each year.

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation

Deadline: March 01, 2026

Recipients: 40

Top award: $2,000

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At the Better Business Bureau (BBB), we believe it is never too early to introduce and emphasize the importance of ethics. Students will write essays on an ethical issue that they faced and how they handled it. Essays should analyze what ethics has taught the students and themselves. The most engaging essays often reflect on a meaningful experience or lesson learned in one’s life that focuses on an ethical reflection.

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: Better Business Bureau

Deadline: March 01, 2026

Additional awards: 4 additional awards of $1250, $1000, $750 and $500 respectively.

Recipients: 1

Top award: $1,500

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HIAS Immigration & Citizenship Scholarships are offered in multiple categories for both undergrad and graduate students. Applicants must identify as Jewish and have a connection to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Chicago. Each application involves three essay questions on topics including volunteerism, Jewish community engagement, and your/your family's immigration history.

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Chicago

Deadline: March 01, 2026

Additional awards: Multiple awards of varying amounts will be given

Recipients: 10

Top award: $10,000

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Life Happens sponsors the annual Life Lessons Scholarship Program for college students and college-bound high school seniors. Qualified entrants who submit essays or videos about how the death of a parent impacted their lives are eligible for scholarship money. The total of scholarships for this year's program is $200,000.

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: Life Happens

Deadline: March 01, 2026

Additional awards: Multiple awards of varying amounts will be given

Recipients: 2

Top award: $20,000

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Mainely Character Scholarships are awarded to individuals who demonstrate, through a written character statement, these four core principles of exemplary character: concern, responsibility, integrity, and courage. To apply, students must live and be graduating from high school in Maine.

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: Finance Authority of Maine

Deadline: March 01, 2026

Additional awards: Multiple awards of $1,000-$2,500 will be given

Recipients: 1

Top award: $5,000

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The Education Committee provides a scholarship program for high school seniors in the State of Missouri who are planning to attend a college or university. This contest requires an essay on a topic relating to the Mayflower Pilgrims. The scholarships presently offered include one-time awards of $1500, $1000, and $500, funded by member contributions and corporate matching grants.

Categories: Critical Essay

Organization: Society of Mayflower Descendants In the State of Missouri

Deadline: March 01, 2026

Additional awards: $1,000 for second place, $500 for third place

Recipients: 1

Top award: $1,500

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GPEF annually awards scholarships to Georgia residents attending Georgia colleges who are pursuing a career in the field of print journalism. Students must fill out the attached application, which includes two personal essay questions. Four scholarships of varying amounts will be given.

Categories: Journalism

Organization: Georgia Press Association

Deadline: March 01, 2026

Additional awards: Multiple awards of varying amounts will be given

Recipients: 4

Top award: $1,500

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This scholarship was established by Mary and George Freund in honor of George’s grandparents, who perished during the Holocaust. To preserve the memory of the Goldmanns and other Holocaust victims, applicants are asked to write an essay or formal research paper on one specific aspect of the Holocaust. Applicants must be Idaho residents who plan to attend an institution of higher learning in Idaho.

Categories: Research and Critical Essay

Organization: Idaho Community Foundation

Deadline: March 01, 2026

Recipients: 1

Top award: $1,000

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This $1,000 award will be given to a high school senior on the staff of an NSPA member newspaper with a minimum 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale or equivalent. In addition to the entry form, applicants must submit three published editorials and a brief recommendation from the adviser.

Categories: Journalism

Organization: National Scholastic Press Association

Deadline: March 03, 2026

Recipients: 1

Top award: $1,000

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The Vegetarian Resource Group each year will award $30,000 in college scholarship money to graduating U.S. high school students who have promoted vegetarianism in their schools and/or communities. To apply, please submit an essay addressing how you promoted vegetarianism in your high school and/or community, including your successes, challenges, etc.

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: The Vegetarian Resource Group

Deadline: March 03, 2026

Additional awards: 4 runner-up awards of $5,000 each

Recipients: 1

Top award: $10,000

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These JEA scholarships recognize some of the top high school journalists in the country. The contest begins at the state level. Winning portfolios from state Journalist of the Year competitions are sent to the national level. Deadlines vary from state to state, so check with your JEA State Director for contest information specific to your state, including where to send your entry.

Categories: Journalism and Portfolio

Organization: Journalism Education Association

Deadline: March 10, 2026

Additional awards: $1000 each for 4 finalists

Recipients: 1

Top award: $3,000

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At Caring.com, we understand the demanding lifestyle of student-caregivers and the challenges they may face. This scholarship provides financial assistance to students who are caring for an adult relative while enrolled in college. Two scholarships of $1,500 are awarded each year to student-caregivers to help cover costs of tuition and books.

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: Caring (dot) com

Deadline: March 15, 2026

Recipients: 2

Top award: $1,500

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For this year's competition, please write a persuasive, personal essay (300-350 words) about why you reject religion and think others would be better off doing so too. The William J. Schulz Essay Competition is open to all North American high school seniors graduating this spring and attending college or university in the fall.

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: Freedom From Religion Foundation

Deadline: March 15, 2026

Additional awards: Multiple awards of varying amounts will be given

Recipients: 1

Top award: $3,500

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The $6,000 Stoody-West Fellowships in religious journalism are offered in recognition of Dr. Ralph Stoody and Dr. Arthur West, who were leaders in public relations and information services in the United Methodist Church. Each application should include a personal essay and samples of your journalistic work.

Categories: Journalism

Organization: United Methodist Communications

Deadline: March 15, 2026

Recipients: 1

Top award: $6,000

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