ENROLLMENT BASICS

Our workshop offers faculty critiques for writers at various stages in their journey toward publication—the debut novel or beyond. Critiques may be written and/or in person; manuscript length ranges from five to 15 pages. Each writer may receive up to three critiques with our editor, agent, faculty author, and/or adjunct faculty author.

In-person critiques are usually reserved for writers of contemporary or historical realistic novels. However, depending on our faculty, we occasionally offer written-only critiques for other, well-crafted manuscripts (e.g., an “older” chapter book, a story-in-poems, a biography, a fantasy novel). Writers of many genres can apply the techniques we explore in character, plot, and theme.

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Our enrollment options are listed below in brief. For more details about each, scroll down to the next main header, Critiques & Fees. And/or, click here.

Enrollment options in brief:

• Group 1  Face-to-Face Critique (with editor, agent, and faculty author, on 10 to 15 manuscript pages, plus synopsis)
  
  
• Group 2  Written Critique (with editor, agent, faculty author, or adjunct faculty author—usually the writer’s choice—on 10 to 15 manuscript pages, plus synopsis)
  
  
• Group 3  Written Mini-Critique (with faculty author or adjunct faculty author, on five manuscript pages, plus optional outline or synopsis)
  
  
• Group 4  Auditor (active observer without a manuscript critique)
  
  
• Teens  See Teen Enrollment             

Registration fee covers basic activities: master classes, focus sessions, keynotes, and the above critiques. Fee also includes pre-workshop manual and peer anthology, plus all meals except Saturday dinner. The fee does not cover lodging at our private beachfront condos.

MASTERCLASS CRITIQUES

If you’ve never heard of “master classes,” you’re not alone. These aren’t traditional at children’s writers workshops. We’ve adapted this collegial format to allow our entire group to observe faculty critiques of selected peer writers. (Manuscripts are available to read before the workshop.) Each faculty presents a critique, interacting with the manuscript’s author for 20 minutes, followed by guided group discussion about that manuscript. For more information about the masterclass format, click here.

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Our Masterclass Critiques Schedule

Friday: A team-taught demo session is presented by our agent, editor and faculty author.

CRITIQUES & FEES

Below, our enrollment groups are described briefly. Fees shown here include an Early Bird discount. If your registration is postmarked after May 20, add $30 to fees below. Additional $30 discount for each teen and his or her enrolled parent, plus $10 discount for all First in Line (pre-Early Bird) deposits. For a more in-depth look at each enrollment group, click here.

GROUP 1   
FACE-TO-FACE CRITIQUES: Each enrollee receives a 15-minute, face-to-face critique with our agent, editor, and faculty author on 10 to 15 manuscript pages. Critique is presented in a team-taught, masterclass format; group discussion follows each critique. Fee: $599 

GROUP 2
WRITTEN CRITIQUES: Enrollees receive a written critique on 10 to 15 manuscript pages from our editor, agent, faculty author or adjunct faculty author—usually the writer’s choice. Enrollees attend all masterclass critique clinics, evaluating Group 1 manuscripts with faculty and peers (manuscripts/worksheets are available in advance). Fee: $519

  SPOT CRITIQUES: Three-minute, public critiques by editor-agent combo. Approx one manuscript page per writer, reviewed by faculty and peers before the workshop. First-come basis. Fee: $5.

GROUP 3
WRITTEN MINI-CRITIQUES: Enrollees receive a written critique on five manuscript pages from our faculty author or adjunct faculty author. Enrollees also participate in master classes as described in Group 2. Fee: $439

GROUP 4
AUDITORS (Active Observers): As an Auditor, you won’t receive a critique, but are invited to participate in master classes and receive pre-workshop materials as described in Group 2. Previous Auditors have included professional storytellers, aspiring-but-savvy novelists, published novelists, educators, librarians, and other incorrigible bookworms! Fee: $369

Regardless of which group you enroll in, expect to discover a smorgasbord of educational and networking delights. To explore each enrollment group in detail, click here.