Each year, we award three $10,000 scholarships to college-bound students in the Bay Area:
- The Young Author’s Scholarship
- The Nathan Jillson Memorial Scholarship
- The Irving Hochman Scholarship
To be eligible you must:
- be a high school graduate or graduating senior.
- demonstrate financial need.
- live in the Bay Area.
- demonstrate intent to enroll in a vocational school, college, or university.
Applicants should also have an extracurricular interest in the written word.
Anyone who meets the above criteria may apply, but preference will be given to students who attend public high schools in San Francisco.
Read about our 2008 scholarship winners.
The deadline for 2009 scholarships is March 6.
Please stay tuned for 2009 application guidelines.2008 APPLICATION GUIDELINES
All written material should typed in a legible 12-point font. A complete application contains the following materials (please number each section of your application accordingly):
- A top sheet with your name, the name and city of your high school, your phone number, home address, and email address. Please also include a list of schools to which you are applying, and an explanation of your choices.
- An essay, no more than three pages, telling us a bit about yourself and your financial need that we cannot learn from the rest of your application. What do you hope to accomplish with your college education? What sets you apart? What are your passions? How will you make an impact on your community or the community at large? If you have such an essay already written, you may use it.
- An original story or essay, of whatever length, describing your first or favorite experience doing one of the following:
- swimming
- running
- eating very cold food, like ice cream
- At least one reference from a teacher or mentor. You may include this endorsement along with your application, as long as it is signed and sealed. It may also be sent to us directly from the letter writer.
The following materials are optional:
- a picture of you with your family
- additional written work
Send applications to:
826 Valencia—Scholarship Program
826 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
To submit applications via email, please forward all materials to Lauren Hall. Applicants may also drop applications off at 826 Valencia. If you need facilities to type and print your work, 826 Valencia is available for this purpose.
The final deadline for all 2008 scholarship applications is March 22
.Questions? Contact Lauren Hall or by phone (415-642-5905 x 208).