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2008 Hurston/Wright Writers' Week Application

Please print this form, complete it, and mail it to the address below.
Submission Deadline: April 21, 2008. (This entry form may be duplicated.)

Submit two (2) copies of a double spaced writing sample typed in 12 pt. font along with
this application and a $20 money order

Last Name _____________________________________________________________________________________________

First Name _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Date of Birth ____________________ Gender ___ Male ___ Female

Address _______________________________________________________________________________________________

City _______________________________ State ____________ Zip Code ______________

Daytime phone _________________________________________________________________________________________

Evening phone _________________________________________________________________________________________

Email Address _________________________________________________________________________________________

Writing Sample Information
Note: upon acceptance this manuscript will be sent to your workshop leader therefore it cannot be changed

Title of Work ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Number of Pages _________

Other workshops attended: ______________________________________________________________________________

Have you attended Hurston/Wright Writers' Week before?
Yes Year(s) attended: _______________
No

Note: If you have attended Hurston/Wright Writers' Week for three sessions you are ineligible to apply.

If you are a published author list titles: _____________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

List any publications in which your writings have appeared: _____________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Works-in-progress: _____________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Participant agrees that the decision of the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation and/or judges will be final as to all matters, including eligibility, timelines of submission, and compliance with these entry rules and those of Hurston/Wright Writers' Week.

Hurston/Wright staff, board, and advisory board members are ineligible for the Hurston/Wright Writers' Week Workshop.

Application Checklist:

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