PLEASE NOTE:
All application deadlines for the 2009 session have now passed. Notification letters will go out in late May.
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Please first read carefully the information noted on the pages in the Admissions section of this Web site—click on “Admissions” on the left side of this page or see pages 8 and 9 of the brochure posted on the Conference home page. Also, before you get started, click here to see the list of FAQs.
Applicants for a fellowship or a tuition scholarship must submit their application and supporting materials by regular mail (see the "Financial Aid Applicants" page in the "Admissions" section for more details and click here for the fellowship application and tuition scholarship application). All other applications are accepted via the online submission manager (see detailed directions followed by a link to the online application below).
Online Application Directions
The following applicants should apply online: general applicants, work-study scholars, Bread Loaf-Rona Jaffe scholars, Middlebury student scholars, and auditors.
- Fill in your contact information and create a password to use.
- Writer name: use this space if you write under a penname.
- Submission title: write in the title of the work you are submitting with your application. If it’s an excerpt from a longer work, please note either the chapter title or title of the manuscript, either is acceptable. If you do not have a single title for your manuscript (for example, if you have a title for each poem or if you’re submitting two or more shorter prose pieces), please create a title to use just for this Bread Loaf manuscript; the title field is limited so it may not be possible to enter the title of each poem or story. If you like, you can simply write in "poems for Bread Loaf application." Be sure that you submit no more than ten pages of poetry or 6,000 words of prose.
- Genre: choose the genre for your application from the drop-down list. If you are applying for financial aid, you can apply in only one category. (Descriptions of the financial aid categories can be found in the Admissions section. The FAQ page can help you decide which financial aid category is best for you.) If you are applying for financial aid and would like to be considered as a general applicant in the event that you do not receive an award, you will need to make a separate application in each category. Nevertheless, you will be able to use the same e-mail and password for both applications.
- File: upload your manuscript to your account. We are able to accept the following file formats: Word (.doc); Adobe Acrobat (.pdf); plain text (.txt); and rich text (rtf). Fiction and nonfiction manuscripts cannot exceed 6,000 words and poetry manuscripts are limited to ten pages of poems. Your writing sample must be uploaded in one document. Please note: If you open your document after uploading it to the program, it will appear that your text hasn’t been converted properly. We are able to view it properly on this end, so you need not worry.
- Comments: use this field to address the following five items:
a) In 300-500 words, answer the question “What do you hope to gain from attending the Conference?” (Bread Loaf/Rona Jaffe applicants should use this section to illustrate how they meet the Bread Loaf/Rona Jaffe criteria. See the Admissions section for a description of the BL/RJ Scholarship.)
b) Note any publications you may have in the genre in which you are applying.
c) If you’ve attended Bread Loaf before, please note the dates.
d) In order of preference, note your top four choices for a workshop leader; nonfiction applicants will note three preferences.
e) Information needed to make room assignments--please let us know if you plan to have a car on campus and note your age at the time of the Conference.
7. Click on Submit.
8. The program will send an automatic confirmation of receipt to your e-mail address.
PLEASE NOTE:
All application deadlines for the 2009 session have now passed. Notification letters will go out in late May.
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Click here for the online application.