The MyELising Writing Scholarship Program
No matter where you live or where you’re from, everyone’s community has a story to tell, and MyEListing.com wants to hear yours.
As an organization striving to democratize the real estate industry forever, we want to give students across the country the opportunity to publish content that not only helps them pay for college but also gets in front of the right people, those with the capacity to help them make genuine change in their local areas.
That change starts here with the MyEListing Foundation college scholarship. If you’re on the hunt for tuition assistance and passionate about improving the quality of life and living in your community, read on.
How to Apply for the MyEListing Foundation Scholarship
We are currently offering scholarships for students for the school year starting Winter 2022. All you have to do is answer
our essay prompt in 500 to 800 words, send it in, and wait to hear back.
Participating students will have a chance to highlight their local community as part of the scholarship application process.
Eligibility
To be eligible for our scholarship opportunities, you must be:
- A legal U.S. resident;
- Graduating high school senior or current freshman, sophomore, or junior in college attending an accredited university or college;
- Eighteen years of age or older.
Entry is subject to the official terms and conditions.
As further set forth in the official rules, your entry grants us full permission to republish and otherwise freely use your entry materials and your name and likeness in order to promote MyEListing, its subsidiaries, or other third parties.
All winners will be required to complete an Affidavit of Eligibility, Publicity Release, Liability Waiver, and IRS Form W-9.
No purchase is necessary, and no fees are required to enter. One signup/account per person.
Further your education and get seen!
Thousands of unique visitors browse MyEListing.com every single day. If we like your submission, we'll publish it on our site.
Give your community the chance it deserves to improve itself and the quality of life it provides. There's still time to send in your submission!
Sign up and start writing today!
Scholarship Awards and Amounts
Three scholarships will be awarded per quarter based on participants' 500 to 800-word responses to our essay prompt, including insights about their local neighborhood.
The scholarship awards are:
- $1,000 for 1st place
- $750 for 2nd place
- $500 for 3rd place
These three winners will also receive the MyEListing.com Excellence in Real Estate Writing Award, an award that will serve as an excellent addition to your resume.
The next MyEListing.com scholarship awards will be delivered in September of 2022.
The Essay Prompt
The essay prompt for the Winter 2022 quarter is:
“The Coronavirus Pandemic has drastically affected all areas of life over the past 2.5 years. How has it affected your community specifically (retail, food service, workplace, etc), and how do you think it will affect the future?”
Please write and submit your response in a double-spaced Word document, editable PDF, or RTF format.
As we strive to score the entries purely on the content and subsistence of the writing, be sure to not include any personally identifiable information (name, email, etc) in the submitted documents or filenames.
Please note: Every quarter, this essay topic will change. These changes will take effect on the last month of Q1 (March), Q2 (June), Q3 (September), and Q4 (December).
Questions and Answers
How can I increase my chances of winning?
The first thing you can do to increase your chances of winning is not plagiarizing. Everything must be in your own words from your own insights. All submissions will be checked for plagiarism, and those found guilty will be immediately disqualified.
We love data, so any and all local data and information that you can cite to further reinforce your claims will absolutely help you get noticed.
This data may come from a local real estate professional in your area, a published real estate report and/or study that highlights your local community, or a simple article published by a local news outlet. No matter where it comes from, the more local it is to your area, the better. Oh, and did we mention that we love data?
How do I submit my response?
Once you finish your masterpiece, simply use the link emailed to you after you signed up to select the program (if applicable), provide a title, and upload your document.
Once submitted, another email will be sent to you with a time-senstive link used to approve the submission and agree to the terms and conditions.
Any submissions that are not approved via the link provided (for any reason) will not be considered. Please be sure to check your Spam/Junk folder for any missing emails.
How do I know if I won?
The winners will be contacted via phone call and/or email during the last week of the current quarter. They will also be listed here on the Scholorship page.
MyEListing.com Scholarship FAQ
Q: If I previously registered for one of the scholarship programs, do I need to register again to submit an entry?
A: No. You just continue to use the same link sent to you initially and select the appropriate program for each new submission. If your information has changed, however, you will need to register again using a different email address.
Q: Is there a phone number I can call with questions?
A: Yes! Give us a call at (512) 923-6373, and a human will answer (unless it’s outside regular business hours). If someone actually answering the phone would freak you out, you could always email us at: foundation AT myelisting.com
Q: How can I resubmit my application if I made a mistake?
A: You can submit up to 2 entries per program/quarter. If it's an update to a previous submission, please add a version (ex: v1.1) to the title.
Q: When and how will the winner be announced?
A: The winner(s) will be notified by email and phone during the week after the end of the current quarter. Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity to notify all applicants whether they’ve won or not, but don’t worry! We do this every quarter, so you can submit another entry when the time comes.
Q: How do I get the money if I win?
A: After obtaining the remaining required documents, we will write you a check and mail it to your address via USPS. We will confirm your address over the phone. Sorry, but we can not do electronic payments.
Q: How do I know my application was successfully submitted?
A: You can always confirm and/or verify the status of your submissions via the link provided after sign up. Please refrain from contacting us to confirm your submission. MyEListing.com is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, stolen, mutilated, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected, technically corrupted, or garbled entries, which will be disqualified, or for problems of any kind, whether mechanical, human, or electronic.
Q: I hear you guys really like smoked brisket. Is this true?
A: Oh yes. Yes it is.
Congrats to the winners!
While there were many more submissions to be reviewed this last quarter, and with some strong competition, three entries rose to the top.
The winners are:
- 1st place - A. Giaccone / Florida State University
- 2nd place - L. Offen / University of Texas at Arlington
- 3rd place - E. Perez / University of Central Florida
Now's your chance to use your writing chops to further your education. Next round of winners will be selected January 2023.