Dear Young Writer,
The Twenty: A Kentucky Young Writers Advance is a small but diverse group of young writers between the ages of 19–22, who exhibit great seriousness and jubilant promise in their writing. These young writers, chosen to participate in a week-long summer intensive, hail from both rural
and urban Kentucky enclaves. Good writing the world over asks the reader not to retreat but to lean forward. Helping launch the work of young writers means defining this difference aloud. We
live in a vibrant and changing world. There is no time for retreat. Instead, The Twenty will step forward with their imagined characters, their creative worlds, their passions close at hand.
The summer intensive week will offer much to The Twenty:
• A meeting of other writing minds: writing workshops, lectures and a young writers community;
• Time to write and the expectation that young writers will write;
• Access to published poets and writers;
• The rare and significant opportunity to see what their ideas and words become.
The 2013 advance will take place at the historic Hindman School in Hindman, Kentucky the week of June 2-7 2013. We cordially invite you to submit a manuscript by Monday, March 11, 2012 following the below guidelines:
• A cover letter of intent stating why you would benefit from an experience such as the one The Twenty offers. Please include your full name, a current phone number, permanent mailing address, and stable email address in your cover letter.
• 8-10 pages of your most exemplary writing. This may mean 10 poems, a short story, an excerpt from a longer work of prose or script, or some combination of these elements.
• Hard copies may be mailed to the following address: The Twenty: A Kentucky Young Writers Advance c/o Nikky Finney, University of Kentucky, Patterson Office Tower 1215, Lexington, KY 40506. Electronic copies may be submitted on The Twenty website at the following URL: http://www.uky.edu/youngwriters/.
Letters of acceptance will be sent to applicants in the Spring of 2013. To learn more about The
Twenty, feel free to “Like” us on Facebook, or you can log on to our website: http:// www.uky.edu/youngwriters/.
Please forward this announcement to anyone you think might be interested, and send any inquiries about the application process to: 20youngwriters@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
The Twenty Organizing Committee
