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Thousands in blogging scholarship money, deadlines approach


Here are two, both offering up to $10,000 in sscholarship money for college students who blog. One is intended for conservative-libertarian bloggers, the other is less specific. Jerid Kurtz won the 2007 Political Blogging Scholarship from College Scholarships for his work on The New Hampshire Project – an outstanding demonstration of primary sourcing by a blogger – but that award wasn’t part of this particular competition.

The college conservative-libertarian competition from America’s Future Foundation, application deadline: December 31, 2007:

America’s Future Foundation is pleased to announce a nationwide contest for the best conservative or libertarian college blogger. The purpose of the contest is to encourage original liberty-minded blogger journalism on college campuses and to identify young conservative and libertarian talent who wish to pursue careers as journalists and writers.

The contest is open to all graduate and undergraduate bloggers age 25 and younger. The winning blog will be awarded a cash prize of $10,000, and be invited to be a panelist at an AFF Roundtable on higher education in Washington, D.C. Awards will be announced on April 7, 2008.

Read more details here.

The College Scholarships’ competition, submission deadline: Midnight PST on Oct. 6th:

Scholarship Requirements:

  • Your blog must contain unique and interesting information about you and/or things you are passionate about. No spam bloggers please!!!
  • U.S. citizen or permanent resident;
  • Currently attending full-time in post-secondary education in the United States; and
  • If you win, you must be willing to allow us to list your name and blog on this page. We want to be able to say we knew you before you became a well educated, rich, and famous blogging legend.

And their philosophy:

At College Scholarships.org we believe that everyone deserves a shot at a decent education. And we love bloggers. Not for the least of reasons, because we blog, and one of the founders of this site makes a living as a blogger. :)

We believe passion is important. As the world gets more competitive, those who are passionate about what they do, and work close to their passions, will be able to become and stay successful even as technology and automation eat away at many business models. Those who are willing to share their experiences with the world help make the world a better place, even if most bloggers only consider blogging a hobby.

We believe those who freely express themselves are far more likely to find their true passions and connect with people to bring on large scale social change.

I’ve actually interviewed Dan Kovach, the person who started Collegescholarships.org and he’s a bit of an enigma, but very charming and knowledgeable and, apparently, successful.  Since I wrote this post about him, he was profiled by CNN Money.

If he’s helping bloggers, and helping college students, it’s hard to diss him.  Yet.  But I’m always wary of those rising stars, you know.

I still have to figure out if I can persuade him to offer a mid-life blogging scholarship, or a women’s blogging scholarship.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:56 am September 29th, 2007 in Announcements, Blogging, Education, Media, Writing 

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9 Responses to “Thousands in blogging scholarship money, deadlines approach”

  1. 1 Thomas Blumer on September 29th, 2007 12:33 pm

    I’m hoping there’s a category for 50-plus biz-econ bloggers based in Mason, OH.

  2. 2 Plunderbund - » $10K Scholarships for Student Bloggers on September 29th, 2007 2:22 pm

    [...] Jill has the scoop for all of you bloggers who are still in college. [...]

  3. 3 Jill Miller Zimon on September 29th, 2007 3:02 pm

    I’m telling you, Tom, us baby-boomer bloggers are so underserved. We should be a protected class, don’t you think? :)

  4. 4 John Ettorre on September 30th, 2007 12:04 pm

    In all fairness, most baby boomers have access to enough other ways to make a living, or to at least otherwise support our writing habit. Younger folks generally do not.

  5. 5 Jill Miller Zimon on September 30th, 2007 12:20 pm

    Hmm – I don’t know John – have access to enough other ways to make a living or at least support a writing habit. Just thinking on the fly, but age discrimination issues for people over 40 would indicate possibly otherwise. I’m saying, you’re making an assumption that I’m not sure is so slam-dunk. What more can you say on this?

  6. 6 John Ettorre on September 30th, 2007 3:21 pm

    I guess what I meant is that scholarships are generally given to support promising newcomers, generally those of tender years. Age discrimination generally only comes into play when seeking employment later in life, but it’s probably just the opposite when someone with age, experience, wisdom and connections seeks opportunities as an independent professional or entrepreneur. There, they often have plenty of advantages.

  7. 7 Jill Miller Zimon on September 30th, 2007 7:17 pm

    Hmm, well, I’m not completely convinced. We know there are many scholarship and grant and fellowship opportunities for midcareer people, to keep them engaged, sharp and learning new things. And of course the average age of the MacArthur grants are way above college.

    I guess I think in terms of how long people work these days and how many careers they can go through.

  8. 8 Daniel Kovach on October 1st, 2007 3:34 pm

    I’m actually going to be at the National Scholarship Providers Association Conference in Portland, Maine all this week.

    Are there any issues you want me to inquire about, such as scholarship opportunities for returning older students, mothers, etc.?

  9. 9 Jill Miller Zimon on October 1st, 2007 7:35 pm

    The kickbacks, the new law, any other niche areas people are thinking about in terms of the best odds for getting the $. I’ll be in touch with you next week for sure, Daniel. Have a safe trip.

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