Admissions Board
Jennifer Bates, H.G. Carrillo, Michael Collier, Hugh Coyle, Amber Dermont, Matt Donovan, Camille Dungy, Anthony Farrington, Jennifer Grotz, Ravi Howard, Bret Anthony Johnston, Ilya Kaminsky, Sally Keith, Margaret MacInnis, Alix Ohlin, Tom Payne, Audrey Petty, Stephanie Reents, Billy Reynolds, Stephen Schottenfeld, Deborah Straw, and Wendy Walters
Admissions Overview
You may apply to the Conference by submitting a sample of original work and an application form. Acceptance is based on the strength and promise of the writing sample and the admission board's judgment that the applicant will benefit from the Conference. The workshops are designed to accommodate both published writers and those in the early stages of promising careers. For the 2007 Conference, we accepted 21% of general applicants; 7% of those who applied for financial aid received an award.
We cannot enroll anyone for less than the full 11 days of the Conference. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.
There is no application fee.
General Applicants
General applications must be postmarked by March 20. (If you are applying for a fellowship or other type of financial aid, please see the earlier deadline noted on the "Financial Aid Applicants" page.)
Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early.
Spaces are awarded based on the strength of the manuscript submitted. Along with your application, please send a manuscript of unpublished work. For details, click on "Submitting a Manuscript," found in the column on the left side of this page.
Notification letters will be mailed on May 25.
Auditors
Auditors attend the Conference without a manuscript. Auditors should fill out the regular application and submit up to 300 words when answering the application question, "What do you hope to gain from attending the Conference?" Auditors are assigned to a workshop and, with the exception of private manuscript critiques, they participate in all aspects of the Conference. See deadline for general applicants.
Financial Aid Applicants
For details, click on "Financial Aid Applicants," found in the column on the left side of this page.