The deadline to apply for our 2025 Scholarships has passed. Applications for next year’s scholarships will open in Spring 2026.  

More information about the Leroy F. Aarons award can be found here.

More information about the Kay Longcope award can be found here. 

Application Requirements

A complete application package should be submitted electronically. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Application packages should include:

• Application (this form)
• One-page résumé
• Five work samples as described below under work samples
• Proof of attendance: a letter of acceptance or a letter of enrollment from a U.S. community college or four-year university (contact info@nlgja.org for exceptions). Scanned copies accepted.
  
• Official transcript, scanned digital copies accepted. Please mail physical copies to:
  Scholarship – NLGJA
  2120 L St NW, Suite 850
  Washington, DC 20037
• Please send application questions to info@nlgja.org and include the name of the applicant in the subject line.

Work Samples

• Print – Samples written by the applicant and published in a high school, college or community newspaper, magazine or online news service. Samples should be submitted as scans in either *.jpg or *.pdf formats.
• Video – Should be submitted via e-mail when possible. Embedded video, file downloads or web addresses are also acceptable. Work samples may contain more than one story but should be no longer than 10 minutes.
• Audio – Should be submitted via e-mail when possible. File downloads or web addresses are also acceptable. Work samples may contain more than one story but should be no longer than 10 minutes.
• Photographic – Images should be examples of published work from a high school, college or community newspaper, magazine or online news service. Published submissions and/or originals should be submitted in *.jpg, *.pdf, *.tif or *.gif formats.

Application Fee

There is no application fee for either scholarship award.