The Make It Safe Project Writing Scholarship: 2025 SUBMISSIONS

Use the form below to submit work to The Make It Safe Project Writing Scholarship!

Remember: you must identify as queer or trans, live in the United States (with or without documentation), AND be between 13-18 years old at the time of submission. Submitting gives us the right to publish your work in whole or in part on our website and social media. For other requirements, please see the scholarship page here.

Privacy policy: All submissions will be visible to scholarship judges and The Make It Safe Project staff. All other information provided below will solely be visible to The Make It Safe Project staff listed on the "Our Team" page. At the conclusion of the scholarship judging process, all information listed below from non-winning entries will be deleted from our records to preserve the submitter's confidentiality.

Basic Info

Name

First Name

Last Name

Preferred Name (optional)

Gender Pronouns

Please include your gender pronouns below. (Examples: she/her/hers, they/them/theirs)

Gender Identity (optional)

Sexual Orientation (optional)

Age

Email Address

Phone

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Mailing Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

School Name (if applicable)

Occupation (if applicable)

Other Info

Are your parents/guardians/any family members you have aware that you are submitting to this contest?

Note: Winners and runners up will be given the scholarship money via a PayPal account or via Venmo. Please plan accordingly.

If your piece is selected as a winner or runner up, would you like to have your name be anonymous?

Demographic Info

The following questions are for us to ensure we are reaching a wide array of queer and trans youth. Your answers to these questions will be kept completely confidential.

Race

Ethnicity

Tribal Affiliation (if applicable)

Are you currently incarcerated, or have you ever been incarcerated?

Are you currently homeless, or have you ever been homeless?

Are you currently or have you ever been in foster care?

Do you consider yourself a person with a disability (physical or emotional)?

Do you identify as low-income?

Submission

The following questions are regarding your submission to the scholarship.

Piece Title

Type of Piece

Submission

Limit: 2,000 words. If your work is translated from another language, you may include the original along with the translation. (The original will not factor into our word count.)

Applicant Certifications

Please read each part carefully prior to submitting.

By checking this box, I certify that the work submitted above is original and no part of it was plagiarized, copied, or written by AI technology or someone other than the applicant whose name is written on this application.

Yes

By checking this box, I agree to allow The Make It Safe Project to publish the work submitted above in its entirety or in part on its website and social media channels if selected as a winner or runner-up.

Yes

By checking this box, I certify that this work is not under consideration for any scholarship or publication that, if it selected my work, would require me to give them exclusive rights to the work, and I will not submit it to any publication or scholarship that would require exclusive rights while it is under consideration for The Make It Safe Project Writing Scholarship.

Yes

By checking this box, I acknowledge that misrepresenting oneself in this application is grounds for permanent disqualification from The Make It Safe Project Writing Scholarship. If this application is selected as a winner or runner up and it is later discovered that part of this application was purposefully misleading, I acknowledge that The Make It Safe Project has the right to publicly withdraw the award, cancel any uncashed scholarship checks, and/or seek the return of scholarship monies already distributed.

Yes

By checking this box, I confirm that the author of this submission is between the ages of 13-18, lives in the United States, and identifies as queer and/or trans.

Yes

By checking this box, I certify that I am the author of this submission or a third party with explicit consent to submit on behalf of another person.

Yes

Electronic Signature

Please type your first and last name. If you are submitting on behalf of another person, please put your name here (not the name of the author).