Awarded to Lily Rosenberg
The Michigan Hemingway Society exists to encourage the study of Ernest Hemingway's life and work, especially regarding his relationship to Michigan. What better way to do this than to foster an interest in Hemingway in a new generation? Long-time Society member Bill Coté suggested that a student scholarship be created and designed to bring young students to read, understand, and appreciate the novels and short stories of Ernest Hemingway. The Board of Directors is delighted to announce the creation of the Bill and Donna Coté Scholarship Fund.
This year the very first Bill and Donna Coté Scholarship has been awarded to Lily Rosenberg, an eleventh grade student at West Bloomfield High School in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Read her award-winning essay "Hemingway’s Pure Michigan.” Lily has been actively involved in her school's one-of-a-kind Literary Garden, a project that repurposes neglected courtyard space to feature plants collected from the homesteads of American authors, along with those plants featured prominently in their narratives. The garden showcases the plants collected from over 30 authors, including mint from Horton Bay to represent Hemingway. We were thrilled to have Lily and her teacher, Jennifer McQuillan, with us at the fall conference. We look forward to continuing this important scholorship in the coming years as we do our part to introduce new readers to Hemingway and provide them with the opportunity to share their interest with others.
If you would like to actively support this scholarship, please contact Christine Ney at info@michiganhemingwaysociety.org for details. You can help by donating online or by sending a check to the Michigan Hemingway Society, PO Box 922, Petoskey, MI 49770, specifying a donation to the Bill and Donna Coté Scholarship Fund.