Are you an alumna/us of other Hollins programs?
Hollins offers a fifteen percent tuition discount to alumnae/i of the university.
To apply: Submit your class year and degree.
Merit-based Scholarship Funding
Available to students for their first year who submit outstanding applications and who are continually enrolled for at least part time credits each semester of the academic year (summer, fall, spring). If available, continuing students may qualify for merit-based scholarship funding for one academic year based on exceptional course work. Additional need-based funding may be available for special circumstances.
Internship with the annual journal Children’s Literature
Open to students in the M.A. and M.F.A. programs. This opportunity carries a $2,000 tuition stipend.
Deadline: April 1
To apply: Send a statement of your qualifications and reasons for applying to Lisa Rowe Fraustino (fraustinolr@hollins.edu), journal editor.
SCBWI Scholarship Competition
One SCBWI member will be awarded $1,000 toward tuition for our Graduate Programs in Children’s Literature and Illustration. Deadline to submit application for potential 2025/26 funding is March 15, 2025. Results will be announced in time for summer 2025 registration. To enter, writers will submit the first page of a manuscript or academic work (based on SCBWI’s “first page critique” guidelines). Illustrators will submit three of their illustrations no later than March 15, 2025. More information and application form (PDF.)
Students are eligible for federal loans
To apply: Submit the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and the Hollins Graduate Financial Aid Application (PDF). For inquiries, please reach out to the Financial Aid Office.