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KEMPA Journalism

KEMPA Journalism

KEMPA Journalism

KEMPA Scholarships for Seniors

To promote journalism and communication careers, the Kettle Moraine Press Association (KEMPA) will award up to $3,000 in scholarships to this year’s graduates of member publications who plan to major in journalism, photojournalism, communications, English, journalism education or related areas at an accredited college or university. A scholarship winner must carry at least the minimum number of credits allowed to qualify as a full-time student.  This is a one-time scholarship and is non-renewable.

See the announcement for the 2025-2026 winners here.

2024-2025 winners

2023-2024 winners

2022-23 winners

2021-22 winners

2020-21 winners

2019 winners

2018 winners

2016 winners

The deadline for 2025-2026 will announced soon. This year we are asking our applicants to send the application (which you can fill in on the application and save it and send it)letter of recommendation, essay, and all of their work in a PDF format to me at [email protected] . Winners will be notified in early May.