Our submission period is now open. Please see below for workshop selection. Applications will close on November 15th at 11:59pm (Eastern time).
Please visit our website for conference information. For questions, please email wip@eckerd.edu.
Faculty: Major Jackson
Manuscripts should be 10-15 pages, single-spaced.
Manuscripts should be 10-15 pages, single-spaced.
Required format for writing samples:
- All poems must be submitted as one document.
- Font must be 12 pt Times New Roman.
- All manuscripts must contain a header or footer with page numbers and author’s name.
- Titles of each poem should appear in all caps and each new poem should start on a new page.
Faculty: Ann Hood
Submit the opening 25 pages of a memoir-in-progress plus a one-page synopsis. Synopsis should include the following: one brief paragraph summarizing the memoir and status of the project (i.e., unfinished first draft, completed first draft, completed draft which has undergone multiple revisions, etc.). If you are submitting a portion which appears later in the work (for example, pages 25-50), provide a detailed synopsis of the pages prior to your submission (e.g. pages 1-24).
Required format for writing samples:
Submit the opening 25 pages of a memoir-in-progress plus a one-page synopsis. Synopsis should include the following: one brief paragraph summarizing the memoir and status of the project (i.e., unfinished first draft, completed first draft, completed draft which has undergone multiple revisions, etc.). If you are submitting a portion which appears later in the work (for example, pages 25-50), provide a detailed synopsis of the pages prior to your submission (e.g. pages 1-24).
Required format for writing samples:
- Page numbers must be consecutive throughout.
- Font must be 12 pt Times New Roman.
- Margins must be 1-inch.
- All prose manuscripts must be double spaced and contain a header or footer with page numbers and author's name.
- No extra spacing between paragraphs except that which indicates transitions.
- If you submit more than 25 pages prose, the coordinator will cut as necessary.
- Do not include title pages or dedications.
Faculty: Laura Lippman or Sterling Watson
Submit the opening 25 pages of a novel-in-progress, plus a one page synopsis of the book. Synopsis should include the following: one brief paragraph summarizing the novel and status of the project (i.e., unfinished first draft, completed first draft, completed draft which has undergone multiple revisions, etc.). If you are submitting a portion which appears later in the work (for example, pages 25-50), provide a detailed synopsis of the pages prior to your submission (e.g. pages 1-24).
Required format for writing samples:
Submit the opening 25 pages of a novel-in-progress, plus a one page synopsis of the book. Synopsis should include the following: one brief paragraph summarizing the novel and status of the project (i.e., unfinished first draft, completed first draft, completed draft which has undergone multiple revisions, etc.). If you are submitting a portion which appears later in the work (for example, pages 25-50), provide a detailed synopsis of the pages prior to your submission (e.g. pages 1-24).
Required format for writing samples:
- Page numbers must be consecutive throughout the manuscript.
- Font must be 12 pt Times New Roman.
- Margins must be 1-inch.
- All prose manuscripts must be double spaced. All manuscripts must contain a header or footer with page numbers and author’s name.
- No extra spacing between paragraphs except that which indicates transitions.
- If you submit more than 25 pages (does not include synopsis), the coordinator will cut as necessary. I.e., if you submit 27 pages, plus two page synopsis, pages 26 & 27 will be deleted to keep within the page maximum.
- Do not include title pages or dedications.
Faculty: Les Standiford
Submit the opening 25 pages of a novel-in-progress, work of narrative nonfiction, short story or memoir, plus a one-page synopsis if a book. The focus of this workshop is on story structure regardless of genre.
Required format for writing samples:
Submit the opening 25 pages of a novel-in-progress, work of narrative nonfiction, short story or memoir, plus a one-page synopsis if a book. The focus of this workshop is on story structure regardless of genre.
Required format for writing samples:
- Page numbers must be consecutive throughout the manuscript.
- Font must be 12 pt Times New Roman.
- Margins must be 1-inch.
- All prose manuscripts must be double-spaced. All manuscripts must contain a header or footer with page numbers and author’s name.
- No extra spacing between paragraphs except that which indicates transitions.
- If you submit more than 25 pages (does not include synopsis), the coordinator will cut as necessary. I.e., if you submit 27 pages, plus two page synopsis, pages 26 & 27 will be deleted to keep within the page maximum.
- Do not include title pages or dedications.
Faculty: Andre Dubus III (full week), Stewart O'Nan (full week) OR Lan Samantha Chang (3-day workshop)
Submit one short story (25 pages maximum). No synopsis necessary.
Required format for writing samples:
Submit one short story (25 pages maximum). No synopsis necessary.
Required format for writing samples:
- Page numbers must be consecutive throughout the manuscript.
- Font must be 12 pt Times New Roman.
- Margins must be 1-inch.
- All prose manuscripts must be double spaced. All manuscripts must contain a header or footer with page numbers and author’s name.
- No extra spacing between paragraphs except that which indicates transitions.
- If you submit more than 25 pages (does not include synopsis), the coordinator will cut as necessary. I.e., if you submit 27 pages, plus two page synopsis, pages 26 & 27 will be deleted to keep within the page maximum.
- Do not include title pages or dedications.
Faculty: Laura McCaffrey
Submit the opening 25 pages of a YA work-in-progress, plus a one page synopsis of the book. Synopsis should include the following: one brief paragraph summarizing the book and status of the project (i.e., unfinished first draft, completed first draft, completed draft which has undergone multiple revisions, etc.). If you are submitting a portion which appears later in the work (for example, pages 25-50), provide a detailed synopsis of the pages prior to your submission (e.g. pages 1-24).
Required format for writing samples:
Submit the opening 25 pages of a YA work-in-progress, plus a one page synopsis of the book. Synopsis should include the following: one brief paragraph summarizing the book and status of the project (i.e., unfinished first draft, completed first draft, completed draft which has undergone multiple revisions, etc.). If you are submitting a portion which appears later in the work (for example, pages 25-50), provide a detailed synopsis of the pages prior to your submission (e.g. pages 1-24).
Required format for writing samples:
- Page numbers must be consecutive throughout the manuscript.
- Font must be 12-pt Times New Roman.
- Margins must be 1-inch.
- All prose manuscripts must be double spaced. All manuscripts must contain a header or footer with page numbers and author’s name.
- No extra spacing between paragraphs except that which indicates transitions.
- If you submit more than 25 pages (does not include synopsis), the coordinator will cut as necessary. I.e., if you submit 27 pages, plus two page synopsis, pages 26 & 27 will be deleted to keep within the page maximum.
- Do not include title pages or dedications.
