Application
CCWC 2011 Fiction Intensive
for Not-Yet-Published Novelists
with Jeff Gerke

Please complete the following application no later than April 9 and send it to us by hitting "Submit" at the bottom of the page. You will be notified whether or not you've been accepted by April 16.

Payment of $65 (in addition to your three-day conference registration fee) is due on acceptance.

You need to be registered for the entire conference in order to participate in this clinic that will meet during the six hour-long workshops. This will leave you free to attend one of the 6-1/2 hour continuing sessions.

Have you completed writing any full-length fiction manuscripts? Describe it (or 2-3 of them) in 50 words each. If you haven't completed any, explain why not and briefly describe any novels you're in the process of writing.

How have you shown a commitment to improving your fiction craftsmanship? If someone were trying to build a case that you're a committed Christian novelist, what evidence would be found?

What do you hope to gain from this clinic?

Every member of this clinic must agree to read the 10 pages provided by every other member of the clinic and to come prepared to exchange ideas about them. Further, every member of the clinic must agree to read the revised versions of these pages from every student (that means homework while you're at the conference). Finally, every member of this clinic must agree to rewrite/revise his or her 10 pages according to feedback given in the clinic and to do so quickly enough that they may be read again during the conference (more homework). Discuss why you are or are not prepared to make this kind of commitment.

Provide a 500-word synopsis of your novel. Be sure to use this article to create your synopsis: http://www.wherethemapends.com/writerstools/writers_tools_pages/publishing_biz_pages/synopses.htm.

Important: To complete your application you must e-mail the first 10 (double-spaced) pages of your novel to mbagnull@aol.com. Be sure to format the pages according to Tip #2 on this page: http://www.wherethemapends.com/writerstools/writers_tools_pages/tip_of_the_week--01-10.htm. Please include the pages in one Word or RTF file. In your subject line, include the following: Your name, CCWC 2011 Clinic with Jeff Gerke.

Remember, applicants will be selected based on the answers given here, the quality of the fiction in the 10 pages, and your attention to the instructions given above. The sample you submit as part of your application will be the selection critiqued during the clinic, so choose carefully and make it your best work.

Click "Submit" below to send to us NO LATER THAN APRIL 9.  If you do not receive
an acknowledgment in several minutes, please try again or email mbagnull@aol.com.