Summer Institute

Summer Writers Institute
Skidmore College
New York State Writers Institute
State University of New York
24th Annual Summer Writers Institute
June 28 – July 9, 2010
518-580-5590

www.skidmore.edu/summer

The institute’s commitment to access and diversity enables us to launch a scholarship competition each year. The competition is open to student enrolled full-time in undergraduate or graduate programs who are nominated by their creative writing instructors. In the last two years the Institute has awarded full tuition scholarships to students from, among other institutions, Temple University, Brown University, Stanford University, Cleveland State University, Connecticut College, University of Rochester, University of Michigan, Sarah Lawrence, Yale University, Wellesley College, Washington University, University of Miami, Bard, Princeton, Emerson, Mills, Notre Dame and Bennington College. To nominate students, send an email to writerscholarship@skidmore.edu indicating the names and email addresses of those you recommend to us. Up to six nominated students from each writing instructor are welcome. We are of course looking for particularly strong writers, and hope also to increase the diversity of our student body. All faculty nominations and applications from students must be received by MARCH 10th.

Scholarships will be awarded by MARCH 20th. The names of scholarship award winners, along with their schools, will be announced to all applicants on or around MARCH 20th.

The program held at Skidmore College campus in Saratoga Springs, New York features creative writing courses in poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Students may enroll for two weeks (June 28 – July 9 or July 12 – July 23) or for the entire four-week session. The Institute offers courses for undergraduate and graduate credit, as well as noncredit courses.

Program applications and further information on New York State Summer Writers Institute at Skidmore College may be found by following the links to the Writers Institute from this website: www.skidmore.edu/summer.