Applications and Scholarships

Workshop tuition is $650. This includes all costs for the entire week — room and board, all class materials, any field trip expenses, a workshop T-shirt, and access to the Young Writers' list-serv. Tuition for day students is $450 and includes all classes, field trips, workshop T-shirt, access to the list-serv, and the lunch and dinner meals daily.

To apply, send a completed registration form (PDF, 151kB; requires the free Adobe® Reader®), one sample of your writing, and a $150 deposit. The writing sample may be a poem, short story, play, fragment of a play, or a fiction or non-fiction school writing assignment. All fees may be paid by check, money order, Mastercard or Visa. The deposit will be applied to the total fee, which must be received in full by June 30. You will be notified of whether or not you've been accepted as soon as possible following receipt of your application materials. Should you not be accepted into the program, your deposit will be refunded.

To qualify for a scholarship, you must demonstrate both financial need and merit. To apply send a completed registration form (PDF, 151kB; requires the free Adobe Reader), one writing sample, a letter from an English teacher detailing your qualifications, and one copy of your family's most recent 1040 statement submitted to the IRS. Scholarship applicants need not send the $100 deposit. The postmark deadline for all scholarship applications is May 16. You will be notified of whether or not you've been accepted by June 13. Scholarship assistance varies from $100 to full coverage of tuition.