recipients of 2024 Larry Morris Scholarships: (cLick here for a bio and details of 2024 winners)
recipients of 2023 Larry Morris Scholarships: (click here for a bio and details of 2023 winnerS)
recipients of 2022 Larry Morris Scholarships: (click here for a bio and details of 2022 winnerS)
recipient of 2021 Larry Morris Scholarship: (click here for a bio and details of 2021 winner)
recipients of 2020 Larry Morris Scholarships: (click here for bios and details of 2020 winners)
Recipients of 2019 Larry Morris Scholarships: (click here for bios and details of 2019 winners)
Applications for the 2025 Scholarship are now open! Submissions will be accepted until December 5, 2024. Please see below for a link to the application form.
The Larry Morris Memorial Scholarship was dedicated in honor of Dr. Larry Morris, Senior Minister and co-founder of Hillside Community Church, who completed his undergraduate and doctoral degrees at the University of New Mexico. You can read his biography by clicking here. Larry told many stories of his university experiences from his unique spiritual perspective and maintained a relationship with the University of New Mexico, particularly with the English Department faculty who for many years read their poetry at the Hillside Church's annual Christmas Eve service. Larry felt that the process of writing his dissertation, Charles Williams’ Novels and the Possibilities of Spiritual Transformation in the Twentieth Century (1978), contributed to his own spiritual unfoldment and insight. He continued to write spiritual and mystical poetry throughout his life.
This educational and travel scholarship is intended to encourage and support a graduate level academic project in the field of mystical or spiritual literature, through an annual award of $2,500. This project may be a scholarly analysis of an existing literary work(s) or an original creative work by the student (poetry, short story, book, etc.), or possibly a project to inspire and promote further inquiry into the field through travel and general reading/research. University of New Mexico graduate students majoring in the field of English Literature or any Language/Literature Department or area relevant to contemporary spirituality/mysticism with a GPA of 3.2 or above may apply. Outstanding upper division (Junior or Senior) undergraduates will also be considered. Preference will be given to a project that relates to late 20th Century or early 21st Century spirituality, or contemporary issues that impact spirituality. We invite the recipient of the scholarship to contribute a short article or essay for posting on this website on insights or perspectives gained in the academic year that is relevant to the subject matter.
Recipient(s) of this award are personally notified, and the results are posted on The Hillside Source website. The 2025 scholarship award may be used any time from January 2025 to August 2025, which includes use for travel and/or research during the summer of 2025.
Please CLICK HERE to access the application form.
Please consider generously donating in Larry's honor to the Larry Morris Memorial Scholarship.
