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Best Personal Essay Writing Scholarships in 2024

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The Davidson Fellows Scholarship awards $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 scholarships to extraordinary young people, 18 and under, who have completed a significant piece of work. Application categories are Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Literature, Music, Philosophy and Outside the Box. Literature applicants must submit a 60- to 75-page portfolio displaying a number of literary styles and genres.

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: Davidson Institute

Deadline: February 14, 2025

Additional awards: Additional fellowships of $25,000 and $10,000

Recipients: 4

Top award: $50,000

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This scholarship is awarded to daughters of career-commissioned officers in the United States armed services. The selection will be based on both merit and financial need. The application process includes: an essay, a secondary school report, a letter of recommendation from a member of the applicant’s community, and a Student Aid Report (SAR).

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: The Daughters of the Cincinnati

Deadline: February 15, 2025

Additional awards: Scholarships are spread over four years

Recipients: 1

Top award: $20,000

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Each year we award one $1,000 scholarship to an upperclass student at the University of Oklahoma. Applicants should be enrolled full-time during the current school year in a journalism, communication, advertising or equivalent degree program, with plans to pursue a newspaper career upon graduation. Applicants must attach resumé and describe why you are eligible for this need-based scholarship.

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation

Deadline: February 20, 2025

Recipients: 1

Top award: $1,000

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Applicants must demonstrate passion for creative writing, and be a graduating high school senior or graduate of a public or private high school in San Mateo County or Santa Clara County

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Deadline: February 28, 2025

Recipients: 1

Top award: $1,000

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Thirty ethnic minority students are eligible for TLF undergraduate scholarships in the amount of $2,500 each. Applicants must be majoring in a field of study with an emphasis on advertising, marketing or public relations, and should include a 1-2 page essay outlining their career goals.

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: The LAGRANT Foundation

Deadline: February 28, 2025

Recipients: 30

Top award: $2,500

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Not every gift has to be expensive or extravagant. In fact, sometimes it's the sweet and simple things that make a real difference in our lives. Think back and tell us about something you received as a gift and why it meant so much to you. Response should be limited to 250 words or less.

Categories: Personal Essay

Organization: Unigo

Deadline: February 28, 2025

Recipients: 1

Top award: $1,500

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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, 2025

Additional awards: Multiple awards of varying amounts will be given

Recipients: 2

Top award: $20,000

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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, 2025

Recipients: 40

Top award: $2,000

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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

Organization: Teachers of Accounting at Two Year Colleges

Deadline: March 01, 2025

Additional awards: Multiple awards will be given

Recipients: 7

Top award: $1,000

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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, 2025

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, 2025

Additional awards: Multiple awards of varying amounts will be given

Recipients: 10

Top award: $10,000

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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, 2025

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

Recipients: 1

Top award: $5,000

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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, 2025

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

Recipients: 1

Top award: $10,000

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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, 2025

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, 2025

Additional awards: Multiple awards of varying amounts will be given

Recipients: 1

Top award: $3,500

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