History: Carol Bennett was an original board member of Ludington Visiting Writers and facilitator of the West Side Gang (second and fourth Tuesday critiques) writers group. She lost a long battle with cancer in 2011. This scholarship was established in her memory for the time she donated and the advice she gave to our group.

Details: The total value of the Scholarship shall be a minimum of $1,500.00 for 2022, but may be split among multiple applicants in the case of ties. It is not limited to residents of Mason County or to high school seniors! However, we do encourage seniors from Mason, Oceana, Manistee, and Lake counties to apply.

Instructions: The application can be obtained through the LW Google Drive and submitted as attachments to LW VP Barry Matthews at Bennett.Dila@gmail.com with “Carol Bennett Scholarship Application” in the subject line. Please use the form below for any questions.

Scholarships will be awarded based on merit as determined from this application by the scholarship committee, regardless of race, creed, religion or lack thereof, country or region of origin, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual preference, or political preference.

Applications will be accepted after February 1, 2022 and are due by 5:00 PM, April 1st, 2022.

Applicants will be notified of the results by May 1, 2022.

Only one application per individual will be accepted. The writing sample(s) submitted must be the applicant's own work. Attribution must be properly made of any portions of the submitted documents not of the applicant's personal authorship.

By applying for this scholarship, applicant agrees to read his/her work virtually at a public reading sponsored by Ludington Writers and grants Ludington Writers permission to publish the work for a period of one year. The author retains all rights to the material under copyright.

All Rights are Reserved by the author. Certain publishing rights are retained by Ludington Writers for a period of one year with the author's permission.