Scholarships Are you a Senior in High School who loves to draw, paint, or write and are planning to further your studies in the creative arts? Are you a Freshman College Student who is already furthering their studies in the creative arts? If so... you might want to check out the info below about the scholarships we offer to young artists and writers.
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Scholarship Info
We at SheVaCon hold the love of the arts dear to our hearts. It is important to us to be able to help future artists and writers have a chance to produce their dreams and fuel our imaginations.
If you are here to learn more about, or to apply for one of our scholarships, Welcome! We wish you the best of luck and can't wait to see or read your submissions.
If you are here to donate to the scholarship funds, we THANK YOU so very much!
Enter Scholarship (PDF Form)
Purpose: To provide funds for college scholarships to Seniors enrolled in any accredited high school, and intend to further their art education. The criteria for selecting these students will be based upon submissions made during the school year. A panel of professional artists will judge the submissions. The awards shall be used for payment of tuition or fees for post secondary study.
Eligibility: Recipients of the SheVaCon Artist/Writer Scholarship shall be graduating seniors from any accredited, both public and private, secondary schools. Or a full time 1st or 2nd year college student.
- Students must hold an 85% average (B) or higher in their Art Classes.
- Students must submit one high-resolution digital file of an original two-dimensional work of art, of up to three (3) high-resolution digital files of an original three-dimensional work of art.
- Digital files must be submitted on a CD in JPG format. Minimum size 11"x14" 300 dpi (dots per inch)
- Students must submit a completed Scholarship Application form
- Students must include a letter of release to SheVaCon allowing their work of art to be published in our convention program book and/or for promotional use by SheVaCon. The student will maintain all other ownership and copyrights. Students under 18 years of age must have a parent or legal guardian sign the letter of release.
Judging of Submissions: One copy of the submission should be sent with the title of the work of art on it. There should be no other name or identifying information on the submission. The application will have a place for the title of your submission and will be used to identify each piece of work. These submissions will be forwarded to a panel of three judges, who will judge each piece by it's merit and choose the one they feel is the most deserving of the scholarship. The winner will be notified by mail and announced at the convention.
Scholarship Application Form: Applicants shall complete the application form, have it counter-signed by the Principal of the school that they attend, and forward it to SheVaCon. Additional application forms may be obtained. SheVaCon must receive all applications by close of business January 1st of the convention year.
Genre Requirements for Submissions: SheVaCon is a Science-Fiction and Fantasy Genre oriented educational convention held once a year to further interests in the fields of Art and Literature. Submissions made to the SheVaCon Artist/Writer Scholarship must be of a Science Fiction and/or Fantasy nature.
Writer Scholarship - The Blair Grimm Memorial Scholarship
Enter Scholarship (PDF Form)
Purpose: To provide funds for college scholarships to Seniors enrolled in any accredited high school, and intend to further their literary education. The criteria for selecting these students will be based upon submissions made during the school year. A panel of professional writers and educators will judge the submissions. The awards shall be used for payment of tuition or fees for post secondary study.
Eligibility: Recipients of the SheVaCon Artist/Writer Scholarship shall be graduating seniors from any accredited, both public and private, secondary schools. Or a full time 1st or 2nd year college student.
- Students must hold and 85% average (B) or higher in their English Class
- Students must submit an original short story 3500-7500 words, a poem, the first chapter of a novel (please indicate if novel is finished), or an article or essay 750-1200 words in length
- Students must submit a completed application for scholarship form
- Students must include a letter of release to SheVaCon allowing their story to be published in our convention program book and/or for promotional use by SheVaCon. The student will maintain all other ownership and copyrights. Students under 18 years of age must have a parent or legal guardian sign the letter of release
Judging of Submissions: Two copies of the submission should be sent with the Title on each. There should be no name or other identifying information on the story. The application will have a place for the title of your submission and will be used to identify each piece of work. These submissions will be forwarded to a panel of three judges, who will judge each piece by its merit and choose the one they feel is the most deserving of the scholarship. The winner will be notified by mail and announced at the convention.
Scholarship Application Form: Applicants shall complete the application form, have it counter-signed by the Principal of the school that they attend, and forward it to SheVaCon. Additional application forms may be obtained. SheVaCon must receive all applications by close of business January 1st of the convention year.
Genre Requirements of Submissions: SheVaCon is a Science-Fiction and Fantasy Genre oriented educational convention held once a year to further interests in the fields of Art and Literature. Submissions made to the SheVaCon Artist/Writer Scholarship must be of a Science Fiction and/or Fantasy nature, including non-fiction entries.
If you love the arts and literature of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror as much as we do, please consider donating a bit to the scholarship funds to help students achieve their dreams! Every little bit helps, no donation is too small or too large. :)