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The 2021 Shutta Crum Scholarship:

for Michigan-SCBWI members.

Photo by Alex Bierwagen on Unsplash

Shutta’s Scholarship is Here Again–Threefold!

If you are interested in attending the 2021 SCBWI Winter Conference (online) but feel you can’t afford it—think again.

Shutta will pay the full tuition fee for three (!) Michigan SCBWI members to attend. One scholarship will go to an illustrator or illustrator/author. One scholarship will go to a pre-pubbed member. And one scholarship will go to a general member. The qualifying rules are listed on the application form which is posted on the MichSCBWIwebsite and at Shutta’s site.  The deadline to apply for the scholarship is by midnight of November 15, 2020. Applications will be accepted beginning ASAP. The winner will be drawn at random and notified soon after November. 15th.

The conference is Feb. 20-21, 2021. Registration starts on October 28, 2020. See the national SCBWI site at: http://www.scbwi.org  for conference details. You never know what magical thing might happen to you there!

Any questions, feel free to contact Shutta Crum, or CoRA Jodi McKay at Michigan-ra@scbwi.org, or check out the application at the Mich-SCBWi webpage.

Past winners have included: Amy Nielander, Kelly Barson, Vicky Lorencen, Elizabeth McBride, Taraneh Matloob, Lindsey McDivitt, Andrea Donahoe, Betsy Williams.

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION HERE:

Here’s wishing all of you the best of luck in applying!!

Shutta

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2 Gold Medals!

YAY! My book of poems: WHEN YOU GET HERE and my unpublished non-fiction manuscript SHORTIES: Short Poems and Their Forms from Around the World both just garnered gold medals in the Florida Writers Association awards for 2020.

Still trying to catch my breath!

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Halloween Party!

For a dose of Halloween Scares: Shutta’s poem “Graveyard” is included. Get it now!

Available at devilspartypress.com or on amazon.com .

Available now!

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In Honor of Father’s Day: God and the Swearing Book

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Writer Opportunities in Ann Arbor

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Southern Kentucky Bookfest–I’ll be there!

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Two posts on Storystorm 2019

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Reprinting an Out-of-print Title–an interview

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Shutta’s Scholarship Time

  Shutta’s Scholarship Solution to the Winter Doldrums is Here Again!   If you are interested in attending the 2019 SCBWI Winter Conference in New York City, but feel you can’t afford it—think again. Shutta’s scholarship will send someone off to the wintery wilds of New York City from February 8-10, 2019. Shutta will pay […]