Shutta’s Scholarship
2021 SCBWI – MI Chapter
The SCBWI Annual Shutta Crum Scholarship.
(Michigan members only.)
This scholarship will fund three Michigan SCBWI members’ tuitions for attendance at the Annual SCBWI Winter Conference (online) February 20-21, 2021. Or $150 towards the Annual SCBWI Summer Conference. (Note: the tuition cost for that conference has not be set, yet. Info: http://scbwi.org) Registration starts on October 28, 2020 for the Winter Conference. The scholarship amount is to be used solely for the cost of a member’s tuition at either conference.
There will be three scholarships this year:
1—one for an illustrator or illustrator/author
1—one for a member who is pre-pubbed (Not published by a publisher member of the
Children’s Book Council. https://www.cbcbooks.org/publishers/our-members/ .)
1—one for a general member (those applying for either of the other two categories and
not being successful will automatically be included in this last category.)
Each Applicant must:
–have been an SCBWI-MI member for a minimum of three years.
–not have been an awardee of this scholarship in previous years.
–not have attended a National SCBWI conference in either LA or New York in any previous
year. (A former RA attending a national conference in his/her capacity as an RA is excepted.)
–submit the necessary form/information via email to: Starting NOW! (Will end by November 15, 2020.)
The winning applicant will:
–be chosen at random by an appointed member of the SCBWI-MI AdCom from all qualifying applicants.
–be notified BY PHONE. (Please include your phone number!). If the winner is unreachable by telephone the winner will be notified by email and must respond to that email within 72 hours or a new winner will be selected.
–be mailed a check for reimbursement of the registration fee (Not to exceed the cost of the Winter Conference tuition fee, or $150 toward the Summer Conference tuition.), once the winner can supply proof of his/her registration.
–be responsible for notifying SCBWI-MI coRegional Advisors in a timely manner if he/she cannot, in fact, attend. In such case, the winning applicant hereby states that he/she will refund to the organization any monies he/she was awarded. (NOTE: if time allows, a replacement awardee will be chosen at random from qualifying applicants.)
To apply, all the information below must be provided in an email to CoRA: Jodi McKay at Michigan-ra@scbwi.org______ (Feel free to copy and paste this form.) Failure to include any said information will result in disqualification.
NAME:_______________________
Check one: I am entering as an illustrator or illustrator/writer___. I am entering as pre-published____. I am entering as a general member_____. (NOTE: illustrators or pre-published members who do not win a scholarship will be automatically entered as general members after those first two categories are decided. Do not enter twice.)
ADDRESS:_____________________________________________________________
PHONE: _____________________________________________________________
EMAIL: ______________________________________________________________
I have read and agree to the above criteria. I believe I qualify for the SCBWI Annual Shutta Crum Scholarship for 2021. By signing this, I acknowledge that I will register in a timely fashion should I be awarded the scholarship, and I will notify SCBWI-MI in a timely fashion should I not be able to use the scholarship so that another member may be chosen.
Signature: ______________________________________ Date: ______________________