Reading Culture: Scholarship

Currently registered students who read one of the program's two selected books, participate in at least two qualifying, cultural events, submit two written reflections about them, and write an essay or produce a creative project have the chance to win a scholarship! Three scholarships are available: one for $1,000 and two for $500 each. The scholarships awarded this semester are for use in Fall 2025.

Past Reading Culture winners’ eligibility for future prizes in the program will resume after one academic year. (Example Scenario: A prize winner for Fall 2024 cannot compete for a prize again until Fall 2025, but they are welcome to participate in the activities).

Congratulations to the Fall 2024 winners!

• Grand Prize: Evette Delgado [Essay]
• Outstanding Submission: Vanessa Wilcox [Project]
• Outstanding Submission: Ana Baleva [Essay]

Congratulations to the Spring 2024 winners!

• Grand Prize: Edwin Hernandez [Project]
• Best Essay: Arianna Leon
• Best Creative Project: Andre Luis Silva Borges

Congratulations to the Fall 2023 winners!

• Grand Prize: Zully Del Carmen Navas Mieres
• Best Essay: Le Thuy Duong Nguyen
• Best Creative Project: Lisset Rodriguez Cardenas

Congratulations to the Fall 2022 winners!

• Phuong Nguyen
• Braden Franco
• Alexia Robert

Congratulations to the Spring 2022 winners!

• Grand Prize: Isaac Nunez Leon
• Best Essay: Jessica Mefferd
• Best Creative Project: Hailey Franco

Congratulations to the Fall 2021 Winners!

• 1st place: Jin Suk Yoo
• 2nd place: Nguwasen Miriam Tor
• 3rd place: Cecia Dominguez-Marquez

Congratulations to the Spring 2021 Winners!

• 1st place, $1000: Chinyavu Mvoyi
• 2nd place, $500: Abron Lewis
• 3rd place, $500: Diana Gonzalez

Congratulations to the Fall 2020 Scholarship competition finalists!

• Kofoworola Stanely-Obinna
• Rasha Issa
• Xueru Li

Congratulations to the Spring 2020 Scholarship competition finalists!

1st place, $1000 prize: Afaf Mirza

2nd place, $500 prize: Jin Suk Yoo

3rd place, $500 prize: Maria Guzman Gutierrez

Congratulations to the Fall 2019 Scholarship competition finalists!

• Shamaila Chaklashia
• Delia Legier
• Alanna Caren Carneiro
• Chidimma Ebubedike
• Olukemi Ekundayo
• Khadija Jibril
• Ghazala Haj Khalil
• Zahraa Tamimie
• Seda Yilmaz

Congratulations to the Spring 2019 Scholarship competition finalists!

• Aminat Adeyinka
• Silvia Comsa
• Ipek Ilker Elci
• Daniel Jibunor
• Lara Mahmoud
• Anushka Mandot
• Hong Nguyen

Congratulations to the Fall 2018 Scholarship Essay Finalists

• Kimberly Amaro

• Amanda Dupre

• Vinh Le

• Junaid Mahmoud

Congratulations to the Spring 2018 Scholarship Essay Finalists

• Noelia Alvarez

• Huy Nguyen

• Jonathan Raj

• Namita Singh

• Natalia Correa Usubillaga

Fall 2017 Scholarship Essay Finalists

• Nhi Bui

• Anjelique Duplechin

• Kendra Minoza

• Alexis Sorto

Spring 2017 Scholarship Essay Finalists

Alphabetical by last name

• Mariana Cruz

• Tien Le

• Kendra Minoza

• Yu Ying Weng