Please note that you are applying to the 2025 Autumn Online Workshop. You can apply as a general applicant and for our scholarships through this single application.
For detailed descriptions of our 2025 specialized scholarships, please visit: https://tinhouse.com/workshop/autumn-online/
Instructions for Application:
1) Fill out the questionnaire.
2) Upload your manuscript.
Hybrid: Four poems totaling no more than eight pages, OR five pages of a play, OR a mix of both that does not exceed ten pages.
Short Fiction: ONE story, 4,000 words or less. Double-spaced, 12pt font.
Novel: ONE excerpt, 4,000 words or less (excerpted from the novel you plan on workshopping). Double-spaced, 12pt font.
YA: ONE excerpt, 4,000 words or less. Double-spaced, 12pt font.
Please note the following:
- If you have previously been accepted/attended a Tin House workshop, please do not apply with the same material (different excerpts taken from a previously accepted project are acceptable).
- Please do not apply with published material. However, it is acceptable to apply with work that is out for submission.
- Your submitted manuscript does not have to be a complete story/essay/chapter.
- If accepted, you will have the opportunity to workshop a different manuscript.
- All scholarship applicants will also be considered for general admission.
- Applicants must be 18 years of age by the time of the workshop.
- An individual may receive a scholarship to attend our online programming only once. However, an individual who receives a scholarship to attend our online programming is still eligible to apply and receive a scholarship to attend our in-person programming. We ask only that online scholars wait a year to apply i.e. you can accept a scholarship to attend the 2025 Winter Online Workshop and apply for a scholarship to attend the 2026 Summer Workshop.
Fee Waivers
Tin House offers a limited number of application fee waivers. We will distribute these waivers on a first-come, first-serve basis. As an applicant, you will also have the ability to Pay It Forward to help cover the cost of the application fee for someone and/or contribute to our Scholarship Fund.
Please email workshop@tinhouse.com with a subject line of "Autumn Online Workshop Application Waiver" to inquire.
Please note that you are applying to the 2025 Autumn Online Workshop. You can apply as a general applicant and for our scholarships through this single application.
For detailed descriptions of our 2025 specialized scholarships, please visit: https://tinhouse.com/workshop/autumn-online/
Instructions for Application:
1) Fill out the questionnaire.
2) Upload your manuscript.
Hybrid: Four poems totaling no more than eight pages, OR five pages of a play, OR a mix of both that does not exceed ten pages.
Short Fiction: ONE story, 4,000 words or less. Double-spaced, 12pt font.
Novel: ONE excerpt, 4,000 words or less (excerpted from the novel you plan on workshopping). Double-spaced, 12pt font.
YA: ONE excerpt, 4,000 words or less. Double-spaced, 12pt font.
Please note the following:
- If you have previously been accepted/attended a Tin House workshop, please do not apply with the same material (different excerpts taken from a previously accepted project are acceptable).
- Please do not apply with published material. However, it is acceptable to apply with work that is out for submission.
- Your submitted manuscript does not have to be a complete story/essay/chapter.
- If accepted, you will have the opportunity to workshop a different manuscript.
- All scholarship applicants will also be considered for general admission.
- Applicants must be 18 years of age by the time of the workshop.
- An individual may receive a scholarship to attend our online programming only once. However, an individual who receives a scholarship to attend our online programming is still eligible to apply and receive a scholarship to attend our in-person programming. We ask only that online scholars wait a year to apply i.e. you can accept a scholarship to attend the 2025 Winter Online Workshop and apply for a scholarship to attend the 2026 Summer Workshop.