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
Patricia Cornwell ScholarshipDavidson College |
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award $30,000 |
deadline January 10, 2025 |
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Oregon Literary Career FellowshipLiterary Arts, Inc. |
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award $10,000 |
deadline August 02, 2024 |
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Ernest Hemingway Research GrantJohn F. Kennedy Library Presidential Library and Museum |
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award Up to $5,000 |
deadline November 01, 2024 |
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Coker English Recognition ScholarshipCoker College |
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award $3,500 |
deadline April 01, 2025 |
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Speak Up! ScholarshipNational Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) |
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award $2,000 |
deadline August 15, 2024 |
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Alfred University Competition ScholarshipAlfred University |
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award Up to $2,500 |
deadline Varies |
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Joshua Adrian Garland Memorial ScholarshipPellissippi State Technical Community College |
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award $1,000 |
deadline February 28, 2025 |
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NOA Scholarly Paper CompetitionNational Opera Association |
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award $500 |
deadline October 15, 2024 |
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NACBS Graduate Student Paper PrizeNorth American Conference on British Studies (NACBS) |
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award $500 |
deadline December 01, 2024 |
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NACBS M.A. Essay PrizeNorth American Conference on British Studies (NACBS) |
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award $500 |
deadline January 15, 2025 |
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)