Jacob ZILBER Scholarship

Award descriptionA $1,400 scholarship has been endowed by the Smith Family Foundation to honour Jacob Zilber on his retirement from the Department of Creative Writing in 1989 and has subsequently been enhanced by Jake and Alice Zilber. The scholarship acknowledges his central role in the development of scriptwriters and the art of scriptwriting at UBC and in British Columbia, and symbolizes the affection and respect of his students and friends. The award is made on the recommendation of the Department to a student who has shown exceptional promise as a writer for screen and television and has completed at least one year of study in a B.F.A. or M.F.A. program in Creative Writing.