Is financial aid available to students in need of tuition abatement? 
Annual tuition for attending The Writers’ Institute was originally $15,000.00. But many worthy candidates found this fee beyond their means.  We have therefore agreed to lower tuition to $10,000.00.   As of this date, there are no plans to lower the fee any further.

Could you describe the courses?
There is no universal format for each course other than the fact that each is conducted as a workshop.  Editors determine the format that they believe to be the most efficient and beneficial to students enrolled in the workshops.  Classes are intensive and it is expected that each student will be asked to submit several pieces of writing for each workshop.

When are workshops held?
Two workshops are offered each semester, totaling   four per academic year.  Each workshop meets for two hours a week and is held at a time that is least likely to interfere with the schedules of the editors and students holding full-time jobs. Courses are held on weekdays in the mid- to-late-afternoon.
 
Does the Institute require me to do anything other than write for the duration of the nine-month workshop?
No.  Most people have very busy lives, and it is not our intention to disrupt or undermine peoples’ professional responsibilities.  This is why we try to schedule workshops at a time when they are least likely to conflict with normal work hours.  Most people hold either full-time or part-time jobs while attending the Institute.  But the Institute is a demanding commitment and assumes that, for the duration of nine months, writing will occupy a significant portion of your time and energy. 

I am interested in writing a memoir.  Will the Institute help me?
Yes.  The personal/feature essay, the personal narrative, and the memoir are genres that most non-fiction editors are very familiar with.  The program, however, wishes to broaden a student’s non-fiction goals to encompass a variety of non-fiction genres beyond the memoir.