Calling all blogger collegiettes™! Do you spend countless hours ranting (or should we say, typing) about celebrities, political events, money-making tips, or the fashion faux-pas of jeggings? Regardless of what it is you write about, College Scholarship.org is willing to pay you for your blogging passion.
For the fifth year, College Scholarship.org is offering it’s annual Blogging Scholarship, valued at $10,000. “We believe passion is important,” as it says on their website. “We believe those who freely express themselves are far more likely to find their true passions and connect with people to bring on large scale social change.” Whether you publish on Blogger, WordPress or LiveJournal, if you’re a college student with an active blog, you’re eligible to apply! Just make sure to get your entry in by November 14th!
Requirements
- Your blog must contain unique and interesting information about you and/or things you are passionate about.
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Currently attending full-time in post-secondary education in the United States
- If you win, you must be willing to allow them to list your name and blog on their page
- Write a 1,000 word limit essay, using any of these questions as the basis for your scholarship essay: How have you used blogging to help yourself or others? What is the most powerful social change you have seen come out of blogging? Why did you start blogging? What does blogging mean to you? Why is blogging important to you?
Don’t blog but want to nominate your blogger BFF? You can nominate them stating why you think they deserve this scholarship in an application as well.
The submission deadline is November 14 and voting starts the day after. Voting will be open until noon pacific time on November 23, when the winner will be announced on their blog.
You can check out past winners and apply yourself, here. So, get out there and get blogging, collegiettes™!