Application Procedure
For SESSION
I, please send:
(1) the completed student application form;
(2) two copies of an autobiographical sketch
describing your significant experiences and interests, writers you
admire, and your reasons for attending the Workshop;
(3) the completed recommendation form (a recommendation is not required for program alumni);
(4) two copies of a one-page writing sample in
one of the genres you have chosen for Intensive Workshop
study.
For SESSION
II, please send:
(1) the completed student application form;
(2) two copies of a creatively conceived
self-portrait;
(3) the completed recommendation form (a recommendation is not required for program alumni);
(4) two copies of a writing portfolio (3-5 pages
in the genre of your first choice for Intensive Workshop). Identify
excerpts as such.
For either session,
SONGWRITERS may send lyrics, music, both,
or an audiotape in place of a portfolio.
IMPORTANT:
Please do not send original portfolio copies; we cannot return
them.
DEADLINE:
Please postmark your application by Monday, March
19, 2001. (Late applicants will be accepted on a
space-available basis.)
MAIL TO:
UVA YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP
THE CURRY SCHOOL
RUFFNER HALL 233
P.O. Box 400273
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22904-4273
PHONE: (804) 924-0836
E-MAIL: writers@virginia.edu