Smith Publicity 2024 Scholarship

Different book types stacked on top of each other. We’re delighted to call for entries for the 2024 Smith Publicity Book Marketing Scholarship. The submission period will be open from March 5 to May 15, 2024.

Qualifications:

Applicants must be a high school senior or undergraduate university/college student in the United States.

To apply:

-Write a persuasive essay between 1,000-1,500 words in response to the prompt: “What contemporary book (any genre published between 2014-2024) should be required reading for all high school students? Why? What did you take away from the book and how did it change the way you see the world?”*

-Include a cover page with name, school, graduating year, book title, and book publication year

-All essays must be submitted as either a Word document or PDF

Apply through the following form.

-Deadline: May 15, 2024

-The winner will be notified June 28th and announced August 1st, 2024

*Essays will be submitted to an AI checker and any found to be written with the help of AI will be immediately disqualified.

Smith Publicity is a Book Marketing Leader

The annual book marketing scholarship is part of our service to the industry and the people who work in it. We also provide book PR and marketing insight through a unique webinar series that’s available to attend free of charge. Our website and blog have extensive information about how to successfully promote books in every genre. Also, we were early in representing high-quality self-published books and their authors and, through the years, have pioneered many book publicity techniques in broad use today.  Our experienced team of publicists also has expertise in author branding, personality cultivation, social media management, and many other services allied to book promotion.