Quill and Scroll will award the Lester G. Benz Scholarship to an adviser who undertakes a professional development activity over the summer or in the 2022-23 academic year. The award can be used to attend a National High School Journalism Conference, to pay for tuition for a university course in a relevant subject area, or for a summer workshop, the JEA Summer Advisers Institute or a local summer workshop in your state, to name a few. Quill and Scroll encourages applicants who teach at a Quill and Scroll charter school; have at least one year teaching high school journalism and/or advising publications; have a minimum of one year experience teaching journalism or advising school publications; plan to return to the high school classroom and media advising next year; and will apply the information gained in the course work, seminar or workshop taken as a result of this scholarship. Two letters of recommendation are required.