Asking recommenders months later for another recommendation (etiquette help!)

[serpentstone]

Asking people for reference or recommendations is one of the most nerve-wracking aspects of applications for schools/jobs ever for me ? I have no experience in seeing how other people do it, or have done it, and I have no idea what the etiquette is surrounding recommendation requests.

That being said, I finally got the courage to ask three amazing professors for recommendations back in August which they each submitted to my schools very promptly. I thanked them profusely, took my GRE, finalized applications, and several months have now passed since then. However, I discovered a scholarship I would really like to apply for, which also requires three recommendations.

Is it appropriate to dive into another request from them? Should I choose other recommenders? The anxiety of asking them to write another recommendation after they have already done one for me is petrifying. Like, what kind of wording could I use so it doesn't appear that I just wantwantwant from them? Should I make it part of a larger letter, or just have the email be an outright request? Maybe I am overthinking this ?

Any advice would be so absolutely phenomenal. I keep putting off asking and the scholarship end date is drawing closer and closer from my stalling.

[PsyDuck90]

Professors write recommendation letters all the time. It's part of their job. Also, if they already wrote one for you recently for grad school, it will take them all of a few minutes to adapt it to a scholarship and send it off. I would just send a brief email thanking them for their letters and asking if they would be willing to send an additional letter for this scholarship. 

[serpentstone]

13 minutes ago, PsyDuck90 said:

Professors write recommendation letters all the time. It's part of their job. Also, if they already wrote one for you recently for grad school, it will take them all of a few minutes to adapt it to a scholarship and send it off. I would just send a brief email thanking them for their letters and asking if they would be willing to send an additional letter for this scholarship. 

This is so deeply helpful, thank you!! Because I don't understand the process, I guess I just imagine anything I ask to be a major strain. Very appreciated.

[kristinneedsanoffer]

I face the exactly same question as you. I have asked the professors to upload recommendation letters for many universities. They may think it's all done yet. However, I still need to apply more schools and I feel so bad to ask them again. 

Well, I think it's the fear we need to beat. Ask one more letter won't be a great deal. Even though we get rejection, it won't be worse than not asking at all.