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Includes over 1,000 opportunities totaling more than $3.8 million annually in university scholarships.

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Includes merit awards, need-based awards, research awards, travel grants for creative and scholarly presentations, and more.

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One scholarship (amount varies) is awarded every other fall, in odd-numbered years, to a graduate student studying poetry in the Creative Writing MFA program.

Students apply through the University's general scholarship application, and selection is made by the creative writing faculty. This is an apply-to award; students must select the opportunity to qualify.

2019-20 recipient: Erika Ceballos

2017-18 recipient: Paul Sanchez

2015-16 recipient: J.J. Hernandez

Scholarships (amounts vary) are awarded each fall to students in the liberal arts who are studying literature and creative writing, with preference given to incoming graduate students in the MFA Program.

Students apply through the University's general scholarship application, and selection is made by the creative writing faculty. This is an auto-match award; English Department students automatically qualify.

2020-21 recipients: Rosie Bates, Michael Cantú, Mialise Carney, Amber L. Carpenter, Wenmimareba Klobah Collins, Andrea A. Marin Contreras, Cristina Sandoval, Gaoyong Yang-Vang

2019-20 recipients: Brock Allen, Aidan Castro, Martín Gutierrez, Sydney Hinton, Carolina Mata, Ernesto Reyes, Bradley Samore, Rolando Villarreal, Jacqueline White

2018-19 recipients: Mariah Bosch, Alejandra Espinoza, William Freeney, Angel Gonzales, Yia Lee, Jer Xiong

One scholarship (amount varies) will be awarded each fall to a student who is pursuing a degree in English who demonstrates significant interest in multiethnic literatures.

Students will apply through the University's general scholarship application, and selection will be made by the English faculty.

Will soon be awarded for the first time.

One scholarship (amount varies) is awarded each fall to a second- or third-year student in the MFA Program.

Students apply through the University's general scholarship application, and selection is made by the creative writing faculty. This is an apply-to award; students must select the opportunity to qualify.

2020-21 recipient: Shelby Pinkham

2019-20 recipient: Jer Xiong

2018-19 recipient: Jessica Turney

One fellowship of $1,000 is awarded each spring to a second-year poetry student in the MFA Program, as nominated by the poetry faculty.

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2020-21 recipient: Mariah Bosch

2019-20 recipient: Kirk Alvaro Lua

2018-19 recipient: James O'Bannon

One scholarship (amount varies) is awarded each fall to a deserving student based on compelling writing and artistic potential in English or Creative Writing, with preference given to a second- or third-year student in the MFA Program.

Students apply through the University's general scholarship application, and selection is made by the creative writing faculty. This is an auto-match award; English Department students automatically qualify.

2020-21 recipient: Will Freeney

2019-20 recipient: Esmeralda Gamez

2018-19 recipient: Krystal Cantú

One scholarship (amount varies) will be awarded each fall to a student who demonstrates significant interest in pursuing a career in creative writing, with preference given to a second- or third-year student in the MFA Program.

Students will apply through the University's general scholarship application, and selection will be made by the creative writing faculty. This is an apply-to award; students must select the opportunity to qualify.

Will soon be awarded for the first time.

Two scholarships of $500 -- one at the undergraduate and one at the graduate level -- are awarded each fall to students who demonstrate significant interest in Chicano/a culture and/or history and who are pursuing a career in the field of creative writing.

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2020-21 recipients: Mariah Bosch, Michael Cantú

2019-20 recipients: Kirk Alvaro Lua, Carolina Mata

2018-19 recipients: Alexandra Carrillo, Javier Lopez

Two scholarships (amount varies) are awarded each fall to students who demonstrate significant interest in the Hmong or Asian American cultural experience.

Students apply through the University's general scholarship application, and selection is made by the creative writing faculty. This is an auto-match award; English Department students automatically qualify.

2020-21 recipients: Lee Lee, Tony Vang, Gaoyong Yang-Vang

2019-20 recipient: Manivone Sayasone 

2018-19 recipients: Yia Lee, Jer Xiong

Scholarships (amounts vary) are awarded each fall to students who are pursuing a degree in English.

Students apply through the University's general scholarship application, and selection is made by the English faculty. This is an auto-match award; English Department students automatically qualify.

2020-21 recipients: Claudia Amador, Sean McGuinness, Karisa Stockbridge

2019-20 recipients: E. Makaela Bowen, Fernando Fernandez, Bekah Izard, Graciela Sierra-Moreno

2018-19 recipients: Manuel Alfaro, Jewel Crosson, Reymundo Escobedo, Karley Lassley