2007 Backspace Writers Conference Scholarship Guidelines
Thanks to an extremely generous anonymous donor, two full-tuition scholarships to the 2007 Backspace Writers Conference will be awarded to writers whose work shows exceptional promise, and who have completed a novel and are actively seeking an agent to represent their work.
Tuition scholarships cover the conference registration fee, travel expenses to and from New York City, and hotel accommodations (May 30 - June 1).*
Applications must be received between January 15 and March 1, 2007. Winners will be notified by April 15, 2007.
Applications will be accepted via email only, and should include the following:
1. A copy of your query letter and one-page synopsis (synopses may be single or double-spaced)
2. A detailed list of publishing credits (if applicable)3. The first three chapters of your novel (maximum 10,000 words), formatted according to the guidelines below. If your novel opens with a prologue, the prologue should be included4. A 400-word essay explaining how you hope to benefit from the conferenceManuscript submission guidelines:
-Submissions will be read blind. Please make sure that your name does not appear on your materials except in your cover email.
-Manuscript pages should be in standard format, double-spaced with 12 pt. font (Courier or Times Roman) and margins of at least 1.25"
-Materials (query letter, synopsis, and sample pages) should be compiled into a single file named "tuition scholarship-title of book." Email the file as an attachment (.doc or .rtf extension) to: scholarship@bksp.org.
Materials will be acknowledged by email receipt. There will be no additional correspondence except with scholarship winners.
Applications received outside the application window (January 15 - March 1, 2007) cannot be considered.
Award determinations will be based on both the writing sample and the personal essay. Winners will be asked to submit a picture and bio for the conference program and website. Judges' decisions are final. Please refer questions to Karen Dionne (karendionne@bksp.org).
* Sleeping rooms for award recipients will not be booked at The Algonquin, but will be reserved at Backspace's discretion at a nearby hotel. Cost of travel to and from New York City (coach round-trip airfare within the 48 contiguous United States) will be reimbursed once travel arrangements have been booked by scholarship winners. Award recipients may be asked to help out during the conference in minor ways that will not interfere unduly with their benefitting from the conference program.
Judges:
Mark Bastable, Scholarship Committee Chair
Harry Hunsicker
Elizabeth Letts
Tuition scholarships cover the conference registration fee, travel expenses to and from New York City, and hotel accommodations (May 30 - June 1).*
Applications must be received between January 15 and March 1, 2007. Winners will be notified by April 15, 2007.
Applications will be accepted via email only, and should include the following:
1. A copy of your query letter and one-page synopsis (synopses may be single or double-spaced)
2. A detailed list of publishing credits (if applicable)3. The first three chapters of your novel (maximum 10,000 words), formatted according to the guidelines below. If your novel opens with a prologue, the prologue should be included4. A 400-word essay explaining how you hope to benefit from the conferenceManuscript submission guidelines:
-Submissions will be read blind. Please make sure that your name does not appear on your materials except in your cover email.
-Manuscript pages should be in standard format, double-spaced with 12 pt. font (Courier or Times Roman) and margins of at least 1.25"
-Materials (query letter, synopsis, and sample pages) should be compiled into a single file named "tuition scholarship-title of book." Email the file as an attachment (.doc or .rtf extension) to: scholarship@bksp.org.
Materials will be acknowledged by email receipt. There will be no additional correspondence except with scholarship winners.
Applications received outside the application window (January 15 - March 1, 2007) cannot be considered.
Award determinations will be based on both the writing sample and the personal essay. Winners will be asked to submit a picture and bio for the conference program and website. Judges' decisions are final. Please refer questions to Karen Dionne (karendionne@bksp.org).
* Sleeping rooms for award recipients will not be booked at The Algonquin, but will be reserved at Backspace's discretion at a nearby hotel. Cost of travel to and from New York City (coach round-trip airfare within the 48 contiguous United States) will be reimbursed once travel arrangements have been booked by scholarship winners. Award recipients may be asked to help out during the conference in minor ways that will not interfere unduly with their benefitting from the conference program.
Judges:
Mark Bastable, Scholarship Committee Chair
Harry Hunsicker
Elizabeth Letts
posted by Heather Brewer at 12:30 PM
4 Comments:
Hi, Heather! ((Jackie waves))
Devon, if you hear flapping, open the window for the boy ;)
Hi, Jax!!
... and speaking of... no, wait, you weren't talking about Chocolate Mousse. But since I just mentioned it (hehehe) I wanted to let you know I made a huge stinking batch last night. Used Guinness in it as well.
As for the scholarship... glad that they are doing it. I can't qualify, but I'm glad that someone would be able to go to the conference who would normally have to miss it. It is really refreshing to know that there are amazing and wonderful people in the world that would do something like this.
To whomever the anonymous donor is, I say "HUZZAH"!!! Thanks for making a difference in someone's life.
The scholarship is amazing! Leave it to Backsapce to have such a generous donor/sponsor/what-have-you!
Dude. Mousse? Cookies? You guys are killing me!!
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