Deadline for FictionAlley's Katie O'Brien Scholarship Applications Is Next Week

[Heidi Tandy]

Just a reminder - the deadline for the 2007-2008 Katie O'Brien
Scholarships for Writing, Art and Community Service is only a week
away! You can go to http://www.fictionalley.org/scholarship/ for more
information or to submit your application.

Please forward this email to any friends and family who are talented
writers or artists, or active in community service - one doesn't have
to be a registered user of FictionAlley to apply!

As you may remember, in March of 2005, one of FictionAlley's longtime
writers lost her battle with leukemia. Even while she was in the
hospital fighting against her illness, she continued to find strength
as she wrote her story, assisted by her father, Dave O'Brien. As her
father said, "Katie always wanted to be a writer, and she used this
forum [FictionAlley] to fulfill her dreams. Correspondence with those
who read and enjoyed her story sustained her even during the worst of
times."

Katie finished writing her story six days before she died; her father
continued to upload those chapters onto FictionAlley through the
spring.

When we at FictionAlley learned that Katie had passed away, we
realised that the best way we, as a site, could honor her memory would
be to provide other writers, as well as artists and those who give
back to the community, with some help in making their dreams come
true. With the permission of Katie's family, we have established three
annual scholarship awards of $500 — the Katie O'Brien Memorial
Scholarships for Writing, Art and Community Service. The scholarship
funds can be used for tuition and/or books and materials.

Last year, FAWC awarded three $500 scholarships (the winners' entries
can be found on http://www.fictionalley.org/scholarship/ ) and will do
the same this year, and for the 2008-2009 school year. We are close to
funding three $500 scholarships for the 2009-2010 school year, and are
accepting contributions and selling wristbands at
http://www.fictionalley.org/wristbands.html, as well as at Sectus and
Prophecy later this summer.

Any questions can be asked on FA's Suggestions & Questions forum at
http://forums.fictionalley.org/park/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=4