Vickie Baker Memorial
Scholarships
Are you seeking to write your testimony in book form either as a
personal experience story, fiction based on life experience, or a
devotional/inspirational book?
Click here for more information about scholarships in memory
of Vickie Baker and an application form.
Scholarships to Active Members
of Christian Writers Groups
We are
offering seven 50% off scholarships on the conference registration fee (worth $167). Recipients will be chosen
on the basis of recommendation emails received from their group leader NO
LATER THAN April 5. For complete details,
click here.
Other Scholarships, to Give
If
you’ve grown as a writer through one of our conferences and want to give
someone else the opportunity to attend, please consider making a donation to
our scholarship fund. No amount is too small.
Other Scholarships, to
Receive
I know what it is like to be in the position of needing to request a
scholarship. Because I do, I wish I could offer everyone a full
scholarship—no questions asked, but because we have a large budget that is
met almost solely from registration fees we can only offer up to 50% off
scholarships to a limited number of people based on need. Paid critiques,
clinics, earlybirds, meals, and lodging are not included in the scholarship
help we are able to give.
Before completing and returning th
e
scholarship application
(click here)
please prayerfully consider the following options:
l. Pray about what the Lord expects you to
contribute towards your registration fee. If you do not need 50% off your
registration fee to be able to come, please request a smaller amount. Could you afford the cost of the
conference if your payments were spread out over a period of time before and
after the conference? We would be glad to work out a payment plan that fits
your budget.
2. Share your need with your pastor, Sunday
school class, prayer group, or a Christian friend. My pastor sent me to my
first conference in 1979. I am convinced that I would not have persevered
through several thousand rejection slips and now have over 1,000 sales to
magazines and seven published books without his support and the sense of
accountability I felt not to disappoint his faith in me.
3. Consider applying for a working scholarship.
We will credit you $8 an hour towards the cost of registration for each hour
you work. Working scholarships provide the advantage of becoming part of the
conference and making new friends. Please note any special skills you have
on the attached form. A limited number of working scholarships, including
pre-conference work, are available on a first-come basis. Realistically,
unless you're able to help pre or post conference, you will probably not be
able to earn more than $50 towards your registration fee.
4. Help distribute conference brochures in
churches in your area. We will credit you $25 towards your conference costs
for every person not on our mailing list who registers on a brochure they
have received from you (put your name and the code SCH on the bottom of
brochures you distribute). This is a great way of making it possible for us
to give more scholarships and yet still meet our budget. At the same time
you have the joy of knowing God has used you to get information to people
who would not otherwise have known about the conference.
If you feel God is calling you to write and to
come to this conference, then trust Him to provide the way. Send your
completed scholarship application and registration form from the conference
brochure with a deposit of $25 to the above address. We will do everything
we can to make it possible for you to come and are trusting Him to meet your
needs and ours from "His riches in glory" (Philippians 4:19, TLB).
Mail application along with your registration form
to:
CCWC
316 Blanchard Road
Drexel Hill, PA 19026
