What is a sponsorship? A sponsorship is when a person/group decides to financially help a person or group of people for (a project or activity or the person carrying it out).
How do you start the process?
1st = Learn about the program below
ABOUT THE PROGRAM: The Common Young Writers Program welcomes high school students passionate about creative writing to join us for a two-week intensive on the craft of fiction. This virtual course includes daily synchronous and asynchronous work for students excited to learn the building blocks of fiction (scene, character, plot, image) and write and revise their own stories in a short period of time. Students will learn to read like a writer, by closely examining short stories published in The Common, and engage with their peers. By the end of this jam-packed program, students will emerge with original pieces of writing, more confident in their skills and connected to a supportive writing community.
Taught by the editors and editorial assistants of Amherst College’s literary magazine, the summer courses (Level I and Level II) run Monday-Friday, July 22 to August 2. We will prioritize high school applicants, rising 9-12 grades (or the equivalent if home-schooled), but will accept applications for Level II from former participants entering college if they are no older than 18.
LEARN MORE HERE: https://www.thecommononline.org/the-common-young-writers-program/
2. Once you know this is a good fit for you, then what?
1st = Go see your written work. Do you have writing work you can submit for this application or not? The writing sample can be poetry, prose, creative fiction, nonfiction work, script writing, or another written form of expression. You need 2 good works done in the last 1-2 years and NOT school related.
2nd = Email Mr. Barbick (jbarbick@hotmail.com) and ask for a meeting with you, him, and your parents. Be prepared for him to ask your parents if they support you 100% in your passion about writing.
3rd = After that meeting, provide 1 piece of writing (perhaps your best) that shows your ability and passion (no schoolwork accepted).
3. Key Dates (Have these done by this date)
- Jan. 20 = Review The Common Young Writers Program
- Jan. 31 = Review your own personal writing. Do you have work?
- March 20 = Meeting with Barbick and parents + submit 1 work
- March = Applications for The Common Young Writers Program open – create an account
- April – May = Complete application to the program
- May = about May 7, they close applications, so check their website.
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