wyoming writers, Inc.
2025 conference scholarship
Wyoming Writers, Inc., is pleased to announce that the Emmie Mygatt Memorial Scholarship Fund (MSF) is available for this year’s conference that will be held in Casper June 6 – 8, 2025.
The MSF awards scholarships each year to a few Wyoming writers in financial need. The scholarship provides funds for Wyoming Writers, Inc. conference tuition and one year of membership dues. Application deadline is April 15, 2025. Those who wish to apply will find the application online below.
On the application form, the Wyoming Writers, Inc. board of directors requires a written statement about the demonstration of financial need and an explanation of how the conference can help further the applicant’s writing craft.
The MSF began in 1977 with a donation of $500 from Emmie Mygatt, a published author
who moved to Big Horn, Wyoming from the east coast in the late 1960s. She taught a creative writing class at Sheridan College. Emmie was leader of, and advisor to, a group which evolved into the Sheridan Range Writers. She envisioned a statewide writers’ organization and encouraged her group to start one, which they did in June 1974. That statewide organization became, and remains, Wyoming Writers, Inc.
Emmie was a kind, caring and lovely woman who believed writers could live anywhere. She urged others believe that as well. She helped writers learn their craft and encouraged everyone to help each other. Before her passing in 1977, she gave the $500 donation to be “joyously spent for an unusual opportunity approved by all.” With great foresight and with Emmie’s blessing, the Wyoming Writers, Inc. Board of Directors created the Emmie Mygatt Memorial Scholarship Fund.
The Fund has grown every year since. Each year, the number of awarded scholarships changes depending on funds available. Wyoming Writers, Inc. board members determine who receives a scholarship and how many will be awarded for the year. Over 70 scholarships have been given since 1978. Although organization members receive first preference, non-members may also apply. Donations to the fund can be made at any time, and writers of all ages are encouraged to apply.