2008 IUWC APPLICATION FORM


Please print this form, complete and mail to:
IU Writers' Conference
464 Ballantine Hall
Bloomington, IN 47405


We encourage early application for workshop participants. We will begin accepting applications on January 15th, 2008. (We offer a 10% discount for applications postmaked by March 15th). If you wish to compete for scholarship support, the application deadline is April 15. A $50 application fee is due with this form, which will be applied to your final bill of $500 for workshop participants or $250 for those wishing to enroll in classes only.

Final placement letters with the name of your workshop leader, conference registration materials, and an invoice will be mailed starting in early May 2008. All fees owed to the IUWC will be due upon receipt of the invoice. The IU Office of the Bursar will directly bill credit-seeking attendees.

Please note: applications postmarked after April 15 will not be considered for scholarship support.

1) GENERAL INFORMATION

Where did you first hear about IUWC?__________________________________________

Name: ________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________

City ___________________________ State___________ Zip: ___________________

Telephone Number (including area code) for April, May and June: __________________

E-mail address (if any): _________________________________________

Emergency Contact (including name, address, and phone):

_________________________________________

________________________________________

_________________________________________


2) WORKSHOP APPLICATION (limit of one workshop)

__ Fiction __ Poetry __ Nonfiction and Fiction

Preference(s), if any, for workshop teacher(s):

Poetry: Jean Valentine, Reginald Shepherd_________________

Fiction: Donald Antrim, Karen Joy Fowler_________________

__ I am applying as a non-workshop conference participant.

3) SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT

Please check one:

___ I am applying for a scholarship. (Please see scholarship manuscript guidelines at the end of this form, and check ALL scholarships listed below for which you'd like to be considered):

___ Poetry
___ Fiction/nonfiction
___ IUWC Diversity Scholarship
___ IUWC Writers in the Schools Scholarship (for conference applicants who are public school teachers)

 

___ I am NOT applying for scholarship support.


4) CREDIT

Please check one:
I am taking a workshop for Graduate credit ______     Undergraduate credit ________     No credit_________

I am enrolled at University/College: _________________________________________


Indiana University ID # (IU credit-seeking applicants): ___________________
Social Security # (Non-IU credit-seeking applicants): ___________________


5) ACCOMMODATIONS

Please reserve the following room:

_____Indiana Memorial Union (rates are per night and do not include tax)*

Double (one bed)           Twin Double (two beds)
     $86                                 $106
                                      

Credit Card (for first night hotel reservations):

Number: ________________________________________

Expiration Date: _____________ Type: _______________

Name(s) of roommate(s) if you are sharing a room at the Union:

________________________________________________________


_____Willkie Quadrangle Single Room $43

All prices are PER NIGHT. Housing is filled on a first come, first served basis, and is subject to Indiana state sales tax.
* Prices subject to change.

6) PLEASE ENCLOSE WITH THIS APPLICATION:

_____A check for the non-refundable application fee of $50, payable to the IU Writers' Conference. This WILL BE APPLIED to your final amount due.

_____A stamped, self-addressed envelope if you wish acknowledgment of receipt of application and early acceptance.

_____A list of recent publications, if any.

_____WORKSHOP APPLICANTS: One manuscript for each workshop to which you are applying, not to exceed 10 pages of poetry or up to 25 double-spaced pages of prose. PLEASE NOTE: RETAIN A COPY OF YOUR MANUSCRIPT. MANUSCRIPTS WILL NOT BE RETURNED. Also, please bring 15 copies of your workshop manuscript to the manuscript exchange meeting on Sunday, June 8.

_____SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS: The IUWC offers several scholarships for the best manuscripts submitted by workshop and class applicants. All scholarship applicants must indicate their desire to compete for scholarship support on their application, and submit a scholarship manuscript (if you are applying for a workshop this can, but need not, duplicate the workshop manuscript). The scholarship manuscript must be one unpublished story or chapter, not to exceed 25 double-spaced pages; or ten single-spaced pages of unpublished poems.

Only the title(s) should appear on your scholarship manuscript. Please submit a separate cover sheet with your contact information: name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and the title(s) of your work. All applications must be postmarked by April 15 to be considered for scholarship support.