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Taalifkat Tudunya

Application Guidelines

You may apply to the workshop by submitting an 8-10 page writing sample or a visual portfolio of original work to adam@piroguecollective.org.

  • Acceptance is based on the strength and promise of the writing sample and the admission board’s judgment that the applicant will benefit from the workshop.

  • The admissions board is comprised of both current faculty and the editorial staff of piroguecollective.org.

  • Our workshops are designed to accommodate both published writers and artists and those in the early stages of promising careers.

  • We are not able to enroll anyone for less than the full 10 days of the conference.

  • Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.

  • There is no application fee. The deadline for applications is August 15, 2010.

 
All applicants should submit a manuscript of unpublished poetry prose or visual art in progress for consideration by our admissions board following these guidelines:
  • Submit up to 6,000 words of fiction or non-fiction

  • Submit up to 10 pages of poetry

  • Submit up to 5 individual visual pieces

  • Applicants should send their strongest unpublished work

  • The applicant's name and a page number must appear on each sheet of written manuscripts

  • Prose manuscripts must be double-spaced with 12 pt. font and margins of at least 1.25"

  • Manuscripts excerpted from a longer project should include a one-page synopsis

  • Poetry manuscripts should have 12 pt. font. Please do not include more than one poem to a page