Writing
Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion with signs and symbols. In most languages, writing is a complement to speech or spoken language. Writing is not a language, but a tool used to make languages be read. Within a language system, writing relies on many of the same structures as speech, such as vocabulary, grammar, and semantics, with the added dependency of a system of signs or symbols. The result of writing is called text, and the recipient of text is called a reader. Motivations for writing include publication, storytelling, correspondence, record keeping and diary. Writing has been instrumental in keeping history, maintaining culture, dissemination of knowledge through the media and the formation of legal systems.
As human societies emerged, the development of writing was driven by pragmatic exigencies such as exchanging information, maintaining financial accounts, codifying laws and recording history. Around the 4th millennium BC, the complexity of trade and administration in Mesopotamia outgrew human memory, and writing became a more dependable method of recording and presenting transactions in a permanent form. In both ancient Egypt and Mesoamerica, writing may have evolved through calendric and a political necessity for recording historical and environmental events.
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Matching Writing Colleges
Georgia Southern University
Four or more years; Public; $15,425 average out-state tuition; $4,371 average in-state tuition |
Grand Valley State University
Four or more years; Public; $19,628 average out-state tuition; $13,900 average in-state tuition |
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Four or more years; Public; $25,152 average out-state tuition; $8,160 average in-state tuition |
The University of Texas at Austin
Four or more years; Public; $40,996 average out-state tuition; $11,752 average in-state tuition |
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
Four or more years; Public; $38,757 average out-state tuition; $10,927 average in-state tuition |
California State University-San Bernardino
Four or more years; Public; $17,622 average out-state tuition; $5,742 average in-state tuition |
DePauw University
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $52,900 average out-state tuition; $52,900 average in-state tuition |
Scholarships for Writing Majors
Binford Endowed Scholarship in EnglishPacific University |
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award Up to $5,000 |
deadline Varies |
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DescriptionThe Binford Endowed Scholarship in English is available to entering freshmen and transfer students at Pacific University who are majoring or minoring in English with a focus in literature or creative writing. View Scholarship Details |
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Beatrice Warde ScholarshipType Directors Club |
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award $5,000 |
deadline June 03, 2025 |
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DescriptionThe Beatrice Warde Scholarship is available to female students enrolled at an accredited college or university. You must be currently enrolled in your junior year and demonstrate exceptional talent, sophistication, and skill in the use of typography to qualify for this award. The criteria for the scholarship extends across disciplines from... View Scholarship Details |
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Coker English Recognition ScholarshipCoker College |
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award $3,500 |
deadline April 01, 2025 |
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DescriptionThe Coker English Recognition Scholarship is available to incoming freshman students at Coker College who intend to major in English. View Scholarship Details |
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Bill Jones ScholarshipSandhills Community College |
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award $3,500 |
deadline May 01, 2025 |
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DescriptionThe Bill Jones Scholarship is available to students enrolled in an Associate in Arts program with a journalism/English concentration at Sandhills Community College. You must plan to continue your studies at a four year university to be eligible for this award. View Scholarship Details |
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Boelsen-Baird Endowed ScholarshipSandhills Community College |
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award $2,500 |
deadline May 01, 2025 |
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DescriptionThe Boelsen-Baird Endowed Scholarship is available to second year students enrolled in a college transfer program at Sandhills Community College. Preference is given to English and psychology students who intend to major in the liberal arts and sciences. You must have and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA to be eligible for this award. View Scholarship Details |
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Willie Maude Thompson Scholarship in English - UWGUniversity of West Georgia - Department of English |
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award $1,500 |
deadline Varies |
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DescriptionThe Willie Maude Thompson Scholarship in English is available to seniors attending the University of West Georgia. You must be majoring in English, have a minimum GPA of 3.6 and demonstrate outstanding contributions and/or service including but not limited to departmental publications, projects or programs to be eligible for this award. View Scholarship Details |
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Francesca A Marx ScholarshipUniversity of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) |
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award $1,000 |
deadline Varies |
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DescriptionThe Francesca A Marx Scholarship is available to full-time undergraduate students at the University of California-Los Angeles who are studying studying classical, medieval, or early modern literature and writing. You must be exploring disability studies, ecocriticism, or animal rights through your studies to be considered for this award. ... View Scholarship Details |
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Alfred University Competition ScholarshipAlfred University |
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award Up to $2,500 |
deadline Varies |
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DescriptionThe Competition Scholarships are available to full - time freshmen entering Alfred University in the academic areas of engineering, mathematics, and English composition. The exams, auditions or essay competitions are held on the Alfred University campus the fall and winter of your senior year of high school. Awards may be renewed annually... View Scholarship Details |
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Betty June Silconas Poetry Endowment ScholarshipSussex County Community College |
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award $1,000 |
deadline June 30, 2025 |
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DescriptionThe Betty June Silconas Poetry Endowment Scholarship is available to students at Sussex County Community College. You must be pursuing studies in poetry, writing, or literature to be eligible for this award. View Scholarship Details |
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Shelley Memorial ScholarshipUniversity of South Alabama |
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award $500 |
deadline April 01, 2025 |
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DescriptionThe Shelley Memorial Scholarship is available to students at the University of South Alabama. You must be a graduate or undergraduate student and have taken at least one poetry course. You must have at least a 2.5 GPA and demonstrate excellence in poetry writing to be eligible for this award. View Scholarship Details |
Writing Related Majors
- English Language and Literature
- Creative Writing
- Literature
- Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
- English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
- Rhetoric and Composition
- Children's and Adolescent Literature
- American Literature (United States)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
- American Literature (Canadian)