Self-Editing Course Bursary
Self-Editing Your Novel Course Bursary
With thanks to tutors Debi Alper and Emma Darwin, we’re able to offer one fully-funded place for an under-represented writer on our most popular tutored course – Self Editing Your Novel.
This six-week online course will give you all the self-editing skills you need to ensure your novel is as good as it can get, before pitching to agents, or self-publishing with confidence.
Debi Alper will also select a minimum of three runners-up to be given a free annual membership to Jericho Writers. (That means we give out at least 12 free memberships each year!)
Previous alumni averaged an impressive 1-in-4 publication rate. Excited? So are we.
Upcoming Deadline
This online course runs four times a year and we take bursary submission applications throughout. Please make sure you’ll be able to participate on the course start date before applying (Self-Edit Your Novel is a 6-week course).
Bursary applications are now open!
Deadline to submit: Friday 6 December 2024 @ 16:00 GMT
Course start date: Tuesday 7 January 2025
Have a question? Contact the Courses team at courses@jerichowriters.com
Applications are now open!
Eligibility Criteria
To apply for a bursary place on this course, you must:
- Have a finished draft of a novel. This can be in any genre, for any age group. It can be a first draft, or a tenth!
- Be available for the dates included in the six-week ‘Self-Edit Your Novel’ course. If you are not available this quarter, please wait until submissions open for the next quarter to apply for the following course.
- Not be represented by a literary agent. We want to help those who haven’t already taken a step on the publishing ladder.
- Be an under-represented writer.
We describe an under-represented writer as one or more of the following:
- Having a low household income.
- Being black, Asian or from a minority group.
- Being disabled.
- Being a primary carer.
- Being an ex-offender.
- Other.
Applications are reviewed by our team. Applicants will be notified during the week before the course start date of the outcome of their submission.
Have a question? Contact the Courses team at courses@jerichowriters.com