Allison Zimmer, a junior at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, has been selected for this year's Winkler Scholarship. The scholarship enables Zimmer to attend the Kenyon Review's Young Writers summer workshop program.

Matthew Winkler, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, created the scholarship last year. The award, which benefits students from Columbia High School, allows a high-school junior or senior to attend the Young Writers program sponsored by The Kenyon Review each summer at Kenyon College. Scholarship recipients are selected by the high school's English faculty.

According to her Advanced Placement English teacher Ulrike Wiede, Zimmer was selected for the scholarship because of her "love for language and a desire to grab any opportunity to grow, stretch, and challenge herself."

In addition to receiving this year's scholarship, Zimmer was one of three students to represent Columbia High School in the National Council of Teachers of English writing contest. She actively tutors students in writing and serves as the Religious-Cultural Vice President of her synagogue's youth group. She also volunteers with Main Street South Orange, a town committee that works to improve the appearance of South Orange, Zimmer's hometown.

“Every year, deserving young people will be able to participate in a program that will fuel their creative aspirations. I know that Matt Winkler’s hope—and mine—is that this will serve as a model and a challenge to other potential donors who wish to help their schools and talented students in a direct, immediate way,” says David Lynn, editor-in-chief of The Kenyon Review and a professor of English at Kenyon College.

Winkler is currently serving as chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Kenyon Review. A 1977 graduate of Kenyon College with a degree in history, he received an honorary doctorate from Kenyon in 2000 in recognition of his achievements as a journalist with the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News. Winkler and his wife, Lisa Klein Winkler, and their three children are long-time residents of Maplewood.

The Young Writers Program is a two-week workshop in writing for high-school students (ages sixteen to eighteen). The goal of the highly selective program is to help students develop their creative and critical abilities with language—to become better, more productive writers and better, more insightful thinkers. Because of its increasing popularity, the Review is offering two sessions this summer in order to accommodate more students. This year, the program’s participants will gather from June 26 through July 9 and from July 17 through 30 on the Kenyon College campus in Gambier, Ohio.