Application Information and Form

Applications are required for immersion workshops

Book Publishing and Book Editing are based on an immersion model of teaching. They start at 8:30 and 9:00 am respectively, and run until 10:30 pm with breaks for coffee and meals. For those who wish to apply for more than one immersion workshop, please note there is no break between workshops.

Download the interactive Application Form (PDF)

The application form must be accompanied by a non-refundable $30 CDN processing fee (cheque, credit card, or money order) payable to Simon Fraser University.

Program Directors will begin to review applications to the immersion workshops as they are received. Applications for immersion workshops will continue to be accepted until the week before each workshop begins and, if necessary, waiting lists will be maintained.

Applicants will be notified of their acceptance status beginning Monday, January 18, 2010. Applicants who submit their applications after this date will be notified within 10 days of receipt of their application as to their acceptance status.

To hold a seat, accepted applicants in Book Editing and/or Book Publishing must submit a $200 CDN deposit per workshop. This deposit must be received by SFU within two weeks of acceptance to the workshop and will be deducted from the workshop fee.

The balance of the workshop fee must be received at least four weeks before the start of the workshop or the seat will be offered to an applicant on the waiting list. If a qualified applicant is not available to fill the seat, the deposit will not be refunded. (Please see cancellation policy)

All immersion workshops are non-residential and require participants to arrange for their own accommodations and meals. (See information on Accommodations and Travel).

WRITTEN COMPONENT

Applicants to the Book Publishing and Book Editing workshops must submit the following items:

1. A completed application form (see page 89 of this brochure or download the pdf version of the application from our website at www.sfu.ca/pubworks.)

2. A current résumé, including education and work history.

3. Answers to the following points typed, double spaced, on 8.5 x 11 paper with your name on each page:

• List your current job title and write a brief description of your duties. If you are not currently employed, please outline your career interests.

• Write a brief essay (500 words or less) outlining your primary interests and skills in publishing and why you want to take the workshop(s) for which you are applying.

• Please indicate your computer skills (beginner, intermediate, advanced, hacker) by describing the type of work you produce on your computer and the software used.

•List the names, titles, addresses, and phone numbers of three references.

Note: Reference letters are not required

Please complete this form and return with all required documentation