Fresh Perspectives and Undiscovered New Voices Scholarship Opportunities for ThrillerFest 2025

ITW is awarding scholarships in two separate categories for ThrillerFest 2025:

  • The Fresh Perspectives Scholarship for any underrepresented author, published or unpublished.
  • The Undiscovered New Voices Scholarship for any unpublished author who is writing a mystery/thriller novel (80-100k words).

Each scholarship recipient will receive a $1000 (USD) stipend and a free pass to attend ThrillerFest XX, which takes place June 17 – June 21, 2025 in New York City.

A panel of esteemed judges review the submissions. Applications must be submitted by February 28, 2025, and the application window is now closed for 2025’s event. On March 24, 2025, ITW contacted both the scholarship winners via email and emailed all other applicants to let them know they were not selected.

If you would like to sponsor a scholarship, please email samantha@thrillerwriters.org.

For more information about the event please visit: www.ThrillerFest.com

For more information or questions, please contact Executive Director of International Thriller Writers, Kimberley Howe at: kimberleyhowe@thrillerwriters.org