The fabulous Chris Roerden, Chair of the McCloy-MWA Scholarship Program reminds all unpublished mystery writers to not wait until the
postmark deadline of Feb.29, 2012, to decide to apply for a scholarship to take
courses, classes, workshops, or other live (not online) educational programs to
improve your writing skills.
"It will take you more time than you think to pull
together the specific info on courses and have in hand the two letters of
reference required. If you have not been previously published for money in the
mystery field, you are eligible to apply. ("For money" means a
publisher paid you; if you paid, you may be considered unpublished)," she writes.
Here's how to apply:
Every year, two scholarships of up to $500 each are
awarded in the McCloy-MWA Scholarship Program. The samples of mystery writing
to submit can be 3 chapters of a novel or nonfiction, or 3 short stories or
essays, or a full-length script. There's no entry fee or membership requirement.
Applicants even get feedback from one or more of the 5 judges, who are
commercially published in mystery fiction, nonfiction, and scriptwriting.
Download details and the 2012 application form from http://mysterywriters.org (click McCloy
Scholarship in the sidebar). And send for the FAQs to the email address shown
on the form.
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