Apply Now: George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop

Donor Name: Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Reference URL:https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/journalism/phd-and-additional-programs/grrm-workshop

The George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop offers mid- and late-career journalists an intensive writing program to develop fiction projects with guidance from award-winning novelists and writing instructors.

The workshop focuses on fiction, with novels preferred. Fellows arrive with pages or chapters of a novel to workshop, revise and expand in small-group sessions, with the goal of leaving with a foundation of solid pages or chapters.

The workshop is considered fully funded. Participants receive funds for transportation from their home base to Chicago (basic roundtrip economy airfare, or similar), lodging in a single room at a group hotel and all meals during the program. Participants cover incidental expenses, including ground transportation to the airport and travel within Chicago and Evanston.

The workshop runs for eight days in Evanston, Illinois, from July 6 to 14, 2027. Applicants must be mid- or late-career journalists with at least five years of full-time or freelance journalism experience. Applicants must be fluent in English and write in English.

Journalists who are not U.S. residents may apply, though they may need a visa; applicants are responsible for visa processing fees and any required Northwestern health insurance. Applicants who have published a novel or are under contract for a novel or fictional book are not eligible. Memoir and nonfiction projects are not eligible, and collaborators cannot apply.

Applications must include sample pages from the novel the applicant plans to workshop. A jury of fiction and writing experts reviews applications, and 10 fellows will be invited. Applications are due January 11, 2027, and selected applicants will be notified in April.

For more information, visit Northwestern University.

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