A note from Samantha Hoffman, executive director of the Chicago Writers Association Writers Conference regarding scholarships – deadline is 1/19. and the application process is relatively fast:

I’m reaching out because we have writing conference scholarships to award to two students, two educators and two others.

We have not yet received a single application from a student–please apply!  

The deadline is January 15th at midnight, but we will extend the deadline to January 19th to give them time to apply.

All applicants need to do is write a 500-word essay and complete the application. Details here