SEVEN STREAMLINED STEPS

Like your novel perhaps, our workshop is hard to encapsulate in a few words. But here’s a quick tour—seven steps that outline your journey from applicant to (more polished) alum.

1. Request an email application. The form includes practical, thought-provoking questions about your novel—in itself, a helpful tool. E-mail the workshop director to ask how our “extended seminar” can help you write-to-publish.

2. By April 17, email your completed application, with manuscript sample if requesting critiques. This deadline guarantees “priority consideration” for critique options in #3 below.

3. By May 3, receive an invitation to enroll in one of our four critique-based groups. We offer groups with up to three faculty critiques per enrollee, written and/or in person—plus a group for Active Observers with no manuscript critique. Everyone participates in all of our one-track activities (keynotes, focus sessions, panels, master classes; more).

	Enjoy our coastal sunset after a day of storymaking.

In our masterclass format, selected writers share their manuscripts with peers in advance, and are observed by the whole group during their in-person faculty critiques—a seminar setting designed to benefit all. Other participants receive written, non-public critiques of varying lengths, usually with the faculty of their choice (or first-come).

4. By May 17, postmark registration for Early Bird discount.

5. By June 17, submit hard copies of manuscript for faculty and/or selected peers. (Your manuscript may be a revision of the e-application sample.)

6. Begin pre-workshop “homework.” Our free, online course manual includes articles about craft and submissions, personalized worksheets for focus sessions, a peer anthology and bios; more.

7. Attend the workshop. Enjoy occasional alumni newsletters (and optional brainstorming) throughout the year.

Take the first step now—
ask how we can nurture your creative and publishing goals.

Then join us for our gala Sixth Annual this summer!