Indigo Scholarships
Indigo: Editing, Design, and More offers annual scholarship opportunities to authors and students from marginalized populations that are underrepresented in the publishing industry.
Indigo believes it is crucial to support BIPOC, disabled, and people from other marginalized populations in publishing books and pursuing careers in publishing so the industry can better represent those voices among authors, editors, designers, publicists, illustrators, audiobook narrators and producers, and readers.
Author Diversity Scholarship
Congratulations to Michael Nagel on being awarded the 2024 Indigo Author Diversity Scholarship!
The author scholarship recipient receives $1,200 in Indigo services to help them create a book that will inspire positive change in publishing and the world.
Applications for 2025 scholarship are currently closed. Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified once submissions are open.
Student Diversity Scholarship
Congratulations to AJ Adler, Ariana Espinoza, and Jessica Pelton on being awarded the 2023–2024 Ooligan Diversity Scholarship, founded by Indigo!
Student scholarship recipients receive the Ooligan Diversity Scholarship, which provides $1,000 toward tuition and fees to attend Ooligan Press/PSU’s Master in Publishing program as well as a mentorship opportunity with Indigo’s founder, Ali Shaw.
Applications for 2024—25 scholarship are currently closed. Application window opening soon. Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified once submissions are open.
Mission
Indigo: Editing, Design, and More’s mission is to improve the book world. To do this, we not only provide expert services to authors, small presses, and large publishers, but we also advocate for thriving independent bookstore commerce and greater inclusion and diversity in the publishing industry. These scholarships recur on an annual basis. Sign up for our newsletter to receive news about application periods.