It's free, it's fun, and the winner gets published in Prime Number Magazine and receives a free book from Press 53. Be sure to subscribe to our email updates for free. You’ll receive an email on the first day of each month with our winning story and the prompt for our next contest. Contests are held monthly with prompts opening on the first of each month and deadlines on the 15th.
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Tell us about a place in Allegheny County that is important to you. Briefly explain
the significance of the history, architecture, and/or landscape design of that place.
Then, focus on how that place has affected you personally.
If you can answer this question in an essay of between 500 and 1,500 words and
meet the eligibility criteria below (see attached), then you may apply for this scholarship to help
pay your tuition and book expenses at a college/university of your choice.
Applications are due April 16, 2026 .