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
Grand Valley State University
Four or more years; Public; $17,376 average out-state tuition; $12,306 average in-state tuition |
The University of Texas at Austin
Four or more years; Public; $36,744 average out-state tuition; $10,398 average in-state tuition |
Georgia Southern University
Four or more years; Public; $15,050 average out-state tuition; $4,264 average in-state tuition |
DePauw University
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $47,026 average out-state tuition; $47,026 average in-state tuition |
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Four or more years; Public; $23,928 average out-state tuition; $7,776 average in-state tuition |
Saint Edward's University
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El Paso Community College
At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $4,032 average out-state tuition; $2,256 average in-state tuition |
Scholarships for Writing Majors
AB HBCU Scholars ProgramAllianceBernstein L.P. |
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award $5,000 |
deadline March 15, 2023 |
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Beatrice Warde ScholarshipType Directors Club |
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award $5,000 |
deadline March 19, 2023 |
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Bill Jones ScholarshipSandhills Community College |
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award $3,400 |
deadline May 01, 2023 |
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Boelsen-Baird Endowed ScholarshipSandhills Community College |
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award $2,500 |
deadline May 01, 2023 |
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Herb Kjos Memorial English ScholarshipCentury College |
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award $2,000 |
deadline March 24, 2023 |
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Uncas and Edna McGuire ScholarshipState Fair Community College |
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award Up to $2,000 |
deadline July 01, 2023 |
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Speak Up! ScholarshipNational Society of High School Scholars |
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award $2,000 |
deadline September 01, 2023 |
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International Foodservice Editorial Council ScholarshipInternational Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC) |
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award Up to $6,000 |
deadline March 15, 2023 |
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IFEC ScholarshipInternational Foodservice Editorial Council |
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award Up to $6,000 |
deadline March 15, 2023 |
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Ocean Awareness ContestBow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs |
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award Up to $1,500 |
deadline June 13, 2023 |
Writing Related Majors
- English Language and Literature
- Literature
- Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
- Creative Writing
- Rhetoric and Composition
- Children's and Adolescent Literature
- English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
- American Literature (United States)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
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