You should look into general scholarships for schools and see if you can get one that can go to the school of choice and major of your choice. Then look for scholarships pertaining to education, you might be able to find one for English education. After that look for scholarships done by major, you should search for language arts or English scholarships.
Your best bet is a more wide-ranged scholarship, school specific ones or the aforementioned scholarships. They award scholarships for a wide range of different things. Essays, grades, talents, and awards you've won or win.
If after going through all of that you are still unable to find a scholarship that fits you or that you are eligible for search for grants. Grants are awarded to people in different majors doing different things and to people with special abilities or needs.
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