2025 Cross Scholarship
Are you an aspiring writer? Would you like to participate in an exciting weekend filled with information, networking and sharing ideas with experienced and award-winning authors?
Then nominate yourself (or another aspiring writer) for The Denise and Joe Cross Scholarship.
Denise Cross, the recipient of the 2023 Buchbinder Scholarship, learned so much from the Creatures, Crime and Creativity (C3) conference that she wanted to “pay it forward”. So she and her husband created the scholarship for another aspiring writer.
The scholarship will cover the registration, conference meals and two nights’ stay at the conference hotel. Travel is not included.
The Fine Print:
Then nominate yourself (or another aspiring writer) for The Denise and Joe Cross Scholarship.
Denise Cross, the recipient of the 2023 Buchbinder Scholarship, learned so much from the Creatures, Crime and Creativity (C3) conference that she wanted to “pay it forward”. So she and her husband created the scholarship for another aspiring writer.
The scholarship will cover the registration, conference meals and two nights’ stay at the conference hotel. Travel is not included.
The Fine Print:
- It doesn’t matter in which genre you write, but the conference focuses on mystery, suspense, thriller, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal.
- Entrants must be aspiring writers, meaning you must not have been professionally published or earned more than $100 in the last 3 years, as of the date of your entry submission.
- With the exception of spell and grammar check, no portion of your submission can include generative AI.
- Previous Cross Scholarship winners are not eligible to enter.
- The winner must be able to travel to Columbia, Maryland at their expense.
That’s it!
Good luck!
Deadline for applications is June 15th.
* Covered cost does not include travel expenses to or from the conference, or purchases made during the conference.