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  • The Fresh Perspectives Scholarship for any underrepresented author, published or unpublished.
  • The Undiscovered New Voices Scholarship for any unpublished author who is writing a mystery/thriller novel (80-100k words).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 will review the submissions. Applications must be submitted by February 15, 2025. ITW will contact the scholarship winners via email.

Please apply for the Fresh Perspectives Scholarship via this link:
https://bit.ly/FRESH2025

Please apply for the Unpublished Author Scholarship via this link:
https://bit.ly/VOICES2025

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