Maya Angelou Award for Spoken Word

Who can apply

  • The Maya Angelou Award for Spoken Word is available to high school seniors who are 21 years of age and younger and plan to enroll in an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or approved vocational-technical school.
  • To be considered for this award, you must submit one original literary spoken word composition in English.
  • Your entry must be a typed entry along with an emailed audio format file.

About the scholarship

Only the first 1,000 applications will be accepted.

Awards

Number of winners: 1

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