SDCCD: $500 Writing Scholarship Available To CA Community College Students

Press release from San Diego Community College District:

February 17, 2022

Community College Public Relations Organization (CCPRO) is offering two, $500 writing scholarships to California Community College
students. 

The $500 CCPRO Writing Scholarship program is designed to encourage students to get
published. The scholarship will be awarded to a full-time California community college
student who writes a compelling news story, pitches the story to their college newspaper
or online publication, and gets published. If the applicant’s college does not have
a student publication/newspaper, the applicant can write a press release for their
college’s public information office. 

Articles must be published between July 1, 2021 and March 15, 2022.

Community college students are asked to write, pitch, and publish an article in their
college newspaper or online publication. If the applicant’s college does not have
a student publication/newspaper, the applicant can write a press release for their
college’s public information office. 

Students must scan the completed application and scan or link to the published story
(with date/source). Email all materials by Friday, March 18, 2022 to Lillian Leopold
at lleopold@swccd.edu. 

The winners will be announced March 31, 2022. Each winner will be required to submit
a short thank you video. 

For more information contact Lillian Leopold at 619-279-1627 or lleopold@swccd.edu.

This press release was produced by San Diego Community College District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.