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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Scholarships for Writing Majors

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Bill Jones Scholarship

Sandhills Community College

$3,400 May 01, 2023 See Details
 

Bill Jones Scholarship

Sandhills Community College

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$3,400

deadline

May 01, 2023
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Boelsen-Baird Endowed Scholarship

Sandhills Community College

$2,500 May 01, 2023 See Details
 

Boelsen-Baird Endowed Scholarship

Sandhills Community College

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$2,500

deadline

May 01, 2023
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Book Marketing Scholarship

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$2,500 June 09, 2023 See Details
 

Book Marketing Scholarship

Smith Publicity, Inc.

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$2,500

deadline

June 09, 2023
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Herb Kjos Memorial English Scholarship

Century College

$2,000 March 24, 2023 See Details
 

Herb Kjos Memorial English Scholarship

Century College

award

$2,000

deadline

March 24, 2023
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Uncas and Edna McGuire Scholarship

State Fair Community College

Up to $2,000 July 01, 2023 See Details
 

Uncas and Edna McGuire Scholarship

State Fair Community College

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Up to $2,000

deadline

July 01, 2023
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Speak Up! Scholarship

National Society of High School Scholars

$2,000 September 01, 2023 See Details
 

Speak Up! Scholarship

National Society of High School Scholars

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$2,000

deadline

September 01, 2023
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Ocean Awareness Contest

Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs

Up to $1,500 June 13, 2023 See Details
 

Ocean Awareness Contest

Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs

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Up to $1,500

deadline

June 13, 2023
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Greater Than Gatsby Scholarship

Greater Than Gatsby, LLC

$1,000 May 01, 2023 See Details
 

Greater Than Gatsby Scholarship

Greater Than Gatsby, LLC

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$1,000

deadline

May 01, 2023
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1st Art Gallery Art and Design Scholarship

1st Art Gallery

$1,000 June 01, 2023 See Details
 

1st Art Gallery Art and Design Scholarship

1st Art Gallery

award

$1,000

deadline

June 01, 2023
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Joshua Adrian Garland Memorial Scholarship

Pellissippi State Technical Community College

$1,000 February 28, 2024 See Details
 

Joshua Adrian Garland Memorial Scholarship

Pellissippi State Technical Community College

award

$1,000

deadline

February 28, 2024
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