2024-25 Joan Rorke-McClure Futures Scholarship Application

The Muse’s Joan Rorke-McClure Futures Scholarships are available to current and past students at the Muse Writers Center to help pay a portion of their tuition/expenses for beginning or continuing undergraduate or graduate study in creative writing or a related field. Past winners are invited to re-apply, though priority will be given to first-time applicants. We will award approzimately four scholarships for the coming academic year, each with a value of up to $1,000. You must complete the following application by September 20, 2024 to apply.

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Recipients must either be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate creative writing program or be beginning one in the 2023-24 school year and must be working toward a degree, emphasis, or major in creative writing or a related field.

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What courses have you taken at The Muse? Please list all course names, with instructor name, session (spring, summer, fall) and year course was taken: *

You must have taken classes at The Muse to be considered for a scholarship.

Please provide a brief description of your financial situation. How do you plan to use your scholarship? *

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2024-25 Joan Rorke-McClure Futures Scholarship Application

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