The Summer Fiction Writing Intensive is a week-long course that provides inspiration, feedback, focus, and guidance to writers looking to develop their work. Successful fiction doesn't happen in a vacuum. Over the course of the week, you'll be immersed in daily workshops, reading and discussion, writing exercises and craft demonstrations, as well as readings by guest writers. You'll give and receive feedback in an environment both safe and honest and learn strategies and techniques for deepening a writing practice, strengthening your next piece of fiction writing, and developing your voice.

The Summer Fiction Writing Intensive meets daily:

• July 9-13, Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm
• UC Berkeley Extension's Art & Design Center in San Francisco (95 Third St. near Mission)
• Fee: $750.00 (meals and lodging not included), due upon acceptance. Students enrolling before May 15 are eligible for a 10% discount on the enrollment fee.
• Limited to 24 participants
• Open to all interested writers. Enrollment in the Post–Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Writing is not required

Manuscripts may be submitted now through June 2.

To apply, please submit:

• manuscript of no longer than 1500 words, double-spaced and paginated, either a short-short story or an excerpt from a longer piece of fiction*
• the attached completed application form, and
• $25.00 application fee (payable to UC Regents)

Send all three items to:

The Writing Program / Summer Fiction Writing Intensive
UC Berkeley Extension
1995 University Ave., Suite 110
Berkeley, CA 94704-7000

Application fees may be paid through the enroll system on this website: http://extension.berkeley.edu/catalog/course2652.html, by credit card at 510-642-4111, or by enclosing a check with your mailed manuscript. Please make checks payable to UC Regents.

We will contact you if your manuscript has been approved. At that time, you will have the opportunity to be enrolled in the seminar.

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact the Writing Program:
(510) 642-6362; letters@unex.berkeley.edu

*Accepted students may choose, to submit up to 4,000 words for the workshop, either in extension of their application manuscript or as another self-contained work of fiction, but they may only do so AFTER acceptance.