Application Process

Please note: Debra Magpie Earling's class is now full, with a waiting list. Applicants for a spots in her class will be added to the list.

To apply for the 2024 Elk River Writers Workshop, fill in all the required fields, then click the orange Submit button. 

You will receive an email confirmation when your application has been submitted successfully. 

The application process opens on October 1, 2023. Workshop applications will be evaluated on the following schedule:

• Received by December 1, notified by January 1.
• Received by February 1, notified by March 1.
• Received by May 1, notified by June 1.

Workshop Descriptions
       Please review the faculty members' class descriptions before choosing your class. These are available at the Elk River Writers Workshop website.

Scholarships
       We are offering scholarships for students in the following areas:

• Park County, Montana Resident: Deadline April 1, 2024
• Indigenous Scholarship: Deadline April 1, 2024

As of March 1, we are taking no more applications for Diversity Scholarships for the 2024 workshop.

And please note: If you are applying for a scholarship, you must ALSO submit a workshop application.

What do we mean by a "diverse writer”? Diversity includes a range of experiences from things like gender, sexual orientation, and race, to religion, abilities, and economic background — anything that lends a different lens through which a writer might view (and therefore respond to) the world.

Please note: All scholarship funds will be allocated by June 1, and no scholarship applications will be taken after the May 1 deadline.