Apply for 2021 VMI Program
Application deadline: November 9, 2020
Notifications: November 30, 2020
Tuition amount: $ 3,080 + GST ($154): $3234
Tuition due: December 14, 2020
Course start date: January 2021. This date can be flexible based on your requirements and availability. An orientation online will take place in the first week of January.
To apply for the 2021 Vancouver Manuscript Intensive, submit the application form and your supporting documents. Your application should include:
- a minimum ten-page and maximum twenty-page writing sample
- a short description of your manuscript or body of work
- a statement about the intended direction for your project that may include key texts, a mention of aesthetics or other literary influences
- a resume
- anything else you would like us to know about you as a candidate
A non-refundable application fee of $50 plus GST ($2.50): $52.50 can be paid online.
Tuition for Vancouver Manuscript Intensive can be paid by e-transfer.
Apply for VMI SOLO
Application deadline: Rolling
Notifications: ASAP
Tuition amount: Option 1: 3.5 hours, $475 + GST ($23.75): $498.75. Option 2: 12 hours $1350 + GST ($67.50): $1417.50
Start Date: At the discretion of the mentor and mentee.
To apply please send to info@vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com a sample of writing from your project (10 pages or more), a short description of your manuscript or body of work, what kind of support you envision, a statement about the intended direction for your project that may include key texts, a mention of aesthetics or other literary influences, and anything else you would like us to know about you as a candidate. We will contact you in case a short telephone call or more information is necessary.
Make sure to indicate which option of the Solo you prefer: Option 1(3.5hrs) or Option 2 (12hrs), and a potential start date (which will be respected as much as possible according to the mentor’s schedule). Note: total hours include the mentor’s reading time. Please mention three names of mentors you are interested in working with which we will take into account.
Acceptance into VMI Solo is determined by application of a sample of your work and a statement of your mentoring goals, and is dependent upon whether a suitable VMI mentor is available.
Please note Solo programs can be renewed back-to-back according to the availability of the mentor.
Tuition for Vancouver Manuscript Intensive can be paid by e-transfer.
Apply for VMI Fellowship
For a writer of exceptional promise with a manuscript in progress, who has faced significant barriers to fulfilling that promise, including but not limited to racism, poverty or class barriers, geographic dislocation or refugee status, single parenthood, disability or serious illness. This competitive Fellowship includes a full scholarship (value $3234.00) to the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive 2021 program to work with award-winning poet and VMI Director Elee Kraljii Gardiner. While Canadian, U.S. and international applicants can apply, please note communication and work will be in English. Winning candidate will be a feature reader at the program finale reading in June 2021 and may be interviewed for publication on VMI’s website and in literary journals.
Application deadline: November 9, 2020
Notifications: November 30, 2020
Tuition amount: WAVED
Course start date: January 2021. This date can be flexible based on your requirements and availability. An orientation for the group on Zoom will take place in the first week of January.
Please submit your application in an email with one attachment (a Word document with all components within) to info@vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com
Application should include:
- a cover letter briefly introducing yourself. If you have previously studied creative writing (workshops, programs, mentors), please let us know
- a statement about the intended direction for your project that may include key texts, a mention of aesthetics or other literary influences
- 20 pages of work (double-spaced, 12pt Times New Roman)
- please indicate if you would like your application to be considered for the paid VMI Program if you are not awarded the Fellowship this year. We will be happy to read it in that pool of consideration.
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