Applications are now open for the 2025-2027 cohort of Arvon’s Advanced Writing Programme which offers 15 writers two years of sustained engagement and the opportunity to work towards the completion of a project, whether in poetry, non-fiction or fiction.
The programme, involving both residential and online elements, will run from September 2025 to July 2027, culminating in an in-person graduation showcase.
The Advanced Writing Programme consists of three Arvon residential writing weeks, three Arvon online writing weeks, six Arvon online group workshops and eight Arvon online 1-1 sessions. It will run from September 2025 to July 2027, culminating in a graduation showcase to which friends, family and industry professionals will be invited.
The programme will be led by three dedicated Arvon tutors – William Atkins (non-fiction), Pascale Petit (poetry) and Rachel Seiffert (fiction) – who will work with the group as a whole for elements of the programme, and then more concentratedly with the five individuals comprising their respective genre groups.
Five places are allocated for each genre – poetry, non-fiction, fiction..
Graduates of the Arvon Advanced Writing Programme will receive a Certificate of Completion and join what will become, in time, a growing body of Arvon Advanced Writing Programme alumni.
Open to international applications.
The full course fee is £8,000. Two free places and two half-price places available (participants from UK and Ireland only).
Find out more here
Deadline: 5pm, 15 April 2025