Tin House

"I've attended several writing conferences. This one was superior in every way."

-- 2006 participant

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The Tin House Summer Writers Workshop is a weeklong intensive of workshops, seminars, panels, and readings led by the editors of Tin House magazine and Tin House Book and their guests – prominent contemporary American writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The program combines morning workshops with afternoon craft seminars and career panels. Evenings are reserved for author readings.

Tin House editors and guest agents are available to meet individually with students throughout the week. For students who have completed a collection of stories or poems, a memoir, or a novel, one-on-one mentorships are available with select faculty and staff for an additional fee (for further details see MENTORSHIPS ).

Steve Almond's reading

Workshops meet for six sessions, Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Each workshop will have no more than twelve students and will treat two to three manuscripts per session. If you have questions about which faculty member would best suit your work, call our office at 503-219-0622 and we will make every effort to steer you to the workshop most appropriate for your skill level and the content of your work. Please continue to check the Web site for updates on new faculty or call our office for details.


Student Union	Aimee Bender reading

“There was a great spirit to the week. People were friendly. Not competitive. Not shmoozy. When there was a circle of people, and a stranger stepped up, the circle always opened. Thank you, Tin House. You're not just a magazine; you're a literary vanguard.”

– 2008 participant

Once accepted and registered into the program, Workshop participants who have completed a book of stories or poems, a novel, or a memoir and want to receive a consultation on ways to improve their manuscripts are invited to apply for a mentorship with select faculty, guests, and editors. To be considered for this program, please fill out the mentorship application included in your acceptance packet. Tin House will then submit a query to your choice of faculty member. If the mentor is available, the student is required to submit his or her book-length manuscript before the Workshop begins. A mentorship is not an edit, but a manuscript evaluation. Students can expect to meet with their mentors two to three times throughout the week of the Workshop and receive a comprehensive three-to-five-page manuscript evaluation. For an updated list of faculty, staff, and guests available as mentors, please email Cheston at cheston@tinhouse.com or call the office at 503-219-0622. Mentorships are competitive. Acceptance into the Workshop does not automatically qualify students for the mentor program. Please keep in mind, if your manuscript exceeds 250 pages, the cost of the mentor program will increase (see TUITION & FEES), and we do not accept manuscripts over 350 pages long.

Lunch

To contact us, call 503-219-0622 or email cheston@tinhouse.com