2020 Scholarship
APPLICATION INFORMATION - WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING scholarship APPLICATIONS for the 2020 summer institute. if you are interested in attending the program without a scholarship, you may apply by clicking on the link below for 2020 non-scholarship application information.
IMPORTANT! The application information below is specific to Scholarship Competition Applicants. The scholarship competition is open to students enrolled full-time in undergraduate or graduate programs. You must also be nominated by your creative writing instructor to be eligible. If you are NOT eligible to apply for a scholarship go to the 2020 Non-Scholarship Application Information for information on how to apply.
A complete application for Scholarship Applicants includes the following:
- Completion of the 2020 Application in ONE of three genres – Fiction, Non-Fiction, or Poetry.
- Submission of the following attachments as indicated below.
- Brief Letter -indicating your status (e.g. undergraduate senior, second-yr. grad student at which school, studied with whom, etc.) Be sure to note which genre you are applying for: Fiction Scholarship App; or Poetry Scholarship App; or NFP Scholarship App.
- Writing Sample
- Students in Fiction or Non-Fiction: 15-25 pages of your best writing
- Students in Poetry: 3-5 Poems
Writing samples are to be formatted as follows: ONE SIDE only; 12pt type; 1-inch margins (set for 8.5x11page); double-spaced (for prose). Please be sure to include page numbers, and your name must appear on the first page.
Attachment Requirements
- Please make sure the file name of your attachments have your full name and item description. Example: JohnSmithstatement.docx (NO SPACES & NO SYMBOLS)
- Uploads should be no larger than 100MB each.
- Document types: .DOC; .DOCX; .PDF; .TXT
Scholarship Competition Deadlines
- February 25 - Faculty nominations must be received
- March 6 - Last date to submit Scholarship applications
- On or around March 20 - The names of the scholarship award winners, along with their schools, will be announced to all applicants
Please Note – If you are awarded a scholarship, you will be contacted by the Director, Robert Boyers, and required to pay either a $500 non-refundable deposit (for 2-week enrollment), or $1,000 non-refundable deposit (for 4-week enrollment) within approximately 48 hours to secure your place in the program. Deposits will be applied toward the remaining balance of program fees owed, e.g. room and board fees.
If you cancel your enrollment at any time, the deposit is non-refundable.
To apply you must choose, on the application, the genre (Fiction, Non-Fiction, or Poetry) and workshop in which you want to be considered. Below is the list of 2020 workshops for Scholarship Applicants. Note: Scholarship Applicants are NOT eligible to apply for one-week workshops, as NO scholarships are awarded for those workshops. Therefore, the one-week workshops are NOT listed below. Scholarship Applicants are only eligible to apply for the following two-week and four-week workshops.
| Workshop Title | Two-Week Options (non-credit) | Four-Week Options (credit & non-credit) |
|---|---|---|
|
FICTION 1 |
June 28 – July 11, 2020: Elizabeth Benedict and Adam Braver (one week each) July 12 – 25, 2020: James Hannaham and Dana Johnson (one week each) |
June 28 – July 25, 2020: Benedict, Braver, Hannaham, Johnson |
|
FICTION 2 |
July 12 – 25, 2020: Garth Greenwell (both weeks) |
No four-week option |
|
FICTION 3 |
June 28 – July 11, 2020: Daniel Torday and Mary Gaitskill (one week each) July 12 – 25, 2020: Rick Moody and Paul Harding (one week each) |
June 28 – July 25, 2020: Torday, Gaitskill, Moody, Harding |
|
NON-FICTION |
June 28 – July 11, 2020: Memoir & Personal Essay with Phillip Lopate (both weeks) July 12 – 25, 2020: Personal Essay & Cultural Criticism with Thomas Chatterton Williams (both weeks) |
June 28 – July 25, 2020: Lopate and Chatterton Williams (two weeks each) |
|
POETRY 1 |
June 28 – July 11, 2020: Campbell McGrath and Vijay Seshadri (one week each) July 12 – 25, 2020: Peg Boyers (both weeks) |
June 28 – July 25, 2020: McGrath, Seshadri, Boyers |
|
POETRY 2 |
July 12 – 25, 2020: Henri Cole (both weeks) |
No four-week option |
International Students
In accordance with U.S. Federal regulations, all non-U.S. Citizens must have a student visa to study in the United States. You may not attend Skidmore on a tourist visa. If you are an international student please review International Student Visa Information here.