{"id":4675,"date":"2018-09-11T13:45:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T17:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=4675"},"modified":"2020-07-09T15:28:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T19:28:12","slug":"on-winning-the-hwa-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/11\/on-winning-the-hwa-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"On Winning The HWA Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, as you can see from the title of this post, I have some REALLY exciting news to share.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I WON THE HWA SCHOLARSHIP!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3ohzdIuqJoo8QdKlnW\/giphy.gif\" width=\"498\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3926\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/27\/compare-contrast\/hwabutton\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/hwabutton.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"120,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hwabutton\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/hwabutton.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/hwabutton.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3926\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/hwabutton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/hwabutton.jpg 120w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/hwabutton-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>This is the 2nd year I\u2019ve applied and I am SO STOKED to be <a href=\"http:\/\/horrorscholarships.com\/2018-scholarship-winners-announced\/\">awarded this honor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, what does this mean? 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