Penny Arcade ponies up $10,000 scholarship for game education

by Jason Dobson { Mar 18th 2008 at 5:00PM }

The web comic-made-philanthropy Penny Arcade has announced the return of its self-titled Penny Arcade Scholarship, which aims to award $10,000 to a single student looking to get his or her foot wedged into the game industry's front door. The grant, now in its second year, asks those interested to put pen to paper and write a two-page essay describing their schooling and just how they plan on making an impact in the industry, on top of transcripts and two letters of recommendations.

According to the guidelines spelled out on the grant's website, a qualified applicant must also be a full-time student at an accredited college or university during the 2008-09 school year, must plan to enter the game industry "in some capacity," and must have a minimum 3.3 GPA. If you believe you have what it takes to stand out among what we expect to be a sea of applications, get to writing -- submissions have to be sent in no later than April 30, 2008, with the lucky student being notified by mail in July.

Tags: education, PennyArcade, scholarship

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

danny. @ Mar 18th 2008 5:11PM

yikes, I never had a 3.3 in college.

Cheezeman3000 @ Mar 18th 2008 5:30PM

That's why you still post on Joystiq every day.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Mar 18th 2008 5:41PM

OH SNAP!

ChooChooCharlie (Brawl: 1504-5357-9285) @ Mar 18th 2008 6:41PM

Well, to be fair, the ability to attain a 3.3+ GPA does depend somewhat on your major.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Mar 18th 2008 5:15PM

These guys really are like the paragon of what a gamer should be. They have a freaking charity that pulls in hundreds of thousands of dollars for sick children every year, a huge convention devoted to the gamer, not the press or industry bigwigs, and now a freaking scholarship.

Incredible.

Shagittarius @ Mar 18th 2008 5:46PM

And here i thought they were just a pair of opinionated douche bags.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Mar 18th 2008 5:53PM

I think you're big enough and opinionated enough a douch bag for two people, shag.

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Mar 18th 2008 11:04PM

IMPOSSIBLE!@@11` Jack Thompson told me that gamers were violent morons!

Magetto @ Mar 18th 2008 5:21PM

If I was going to college for game design I would sign up for this. The PA guys are awesome.

Skittens @ Mar 18th 2008 5:46PM

...and then there is ctrl-alt-del...

knight666 @ Mar 18th 2008 6:39PM

I simply want to share this quote of the latest newspost of the man's site:

"Rainbow Six Vegas 2 hits shelves this week, which will probably pull me away from Condemned 2 multiplayer for a little while. I generally really enjoy games like Call of Duty, Ghost Recon, and Rainbow Six. I think it's because I have a great deal of respect for police and armed forces, and I like to think that had I not loved drawing so very much, I might have chosen a career like that. You know, doing something important."

If that didn't make you gag Ctrl-Alt-Del might be the comic for you!

(I read it anyway, because I'm a webcomic junkie and I don't want to feel all left out. ;[)