Boyds Mills Scholarship Success Stories
2 Picture Book People Use Their Scholarships for “Inspirational and Invigorating” Workshops
Pooja Makhijane and Jamila Beale each received a General Scholarship in 2022 and chose workshops to help them further their picture book manuscripts. Pooja's Story Pooja is the author of Mama’s Saris and Bread is Love. She is also the editor of Under Her Skin: How...
Learning New Art Techniques Thanks to the Richard H. Bell Scholarship for Educators
Bettie Boswell received the 2023 Richard H. Bell Scholarship for Educators and immediately used it for Color, Light, Line & Texture: Art Exploration and Play! Bettie's Story Bettie Boswell has always loved to read and create stories for family and friends. In 2016...
Theresa Cocci Continues Her Writing Journey with General Scholarship Assistance
Theresa Cocci received a 2022 General Scholarship and chose to use it for two online, on-demand courses with Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen: Picture Book Characters A-Z and Picture Book Plotting A-Z. Theresa's Story Theresa's love for telling stories began early in her...
Boyds Mills Invests in 58 Storytellers to Support Their Work to Inspire Kids
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2023 Boyds Mills Invests in 58 Storytellers to Support Their Work to Inspire Kids Honesdale, PA – Boyds Mills has just awarded scholarships to 58 aspiring and established children’s authors and illustrators. Recipients and their...
2 General Scholarship Recipients Make Progress on Their Middle Grade Novels
Patricia Tanumihardja and Sarah Claxton both received a 2022 General Scholarship and chose to use it for our in-person workshop Middle Grades Novels: Ideas! Characters! Point of View! (& Everything in Between). Both had experience in writing other things and...
Samantha Guzman-Roman Used Her Scholarship to Connect with Other Latinx Creatives
We were thrilled to have Samantha Guzman-Roman join us at the Latinx Voices Retreat, supported by the Latinx Storyteller Scholarship. Samantha's Story Samantha is the author of several published short stories capturing the experiences of Black and Latinx people...
#Gather: 2023 Scholarship Celebration and Information Session
Update 2/11/23: our 2023 scholarship application period is now closed. To be informed of future scholarship opportunities, join the mailing list. Alison Green Myers celebrated our 2023 scholarship program with some special guests: 2022 scholarship recipients...
Scholarship Recipients Celebrate Their Summer Camp Experience
Every year, some of our scholarship recipients attend one of our Summer Camps. We heard from 4 of last year's Camp attendees and wanted to share their experience: Debbie Meyer (Summer Camp in Illustration), Hallie M. Bertling (Summer Camp in Fiction), Jamie Ericson...
Monique Fields Found Creativity & Community Thanks to Her Renée Watson Scholarship
Monique Fields was last year's recipient of the Renée Watson Scholarship, which annually supports a week-long independent writing retreat for a Black woman writer. Monique says: "Without the scholarship, there is no way that I would have been able to take time off...
Floyd Cooper Scholarship Inspires 2 Author/Illustrators
Last year, Khahlia Sanders and LaTonya R. Jackson were both awarded Floyd Cooper Scholarships from Boyds Mills. Mentorship and community were both very important to Floyd Cooper. That’s why we established a scholarship to honor our friend and faculty member in 2019....