Summer Editing Apprenticeship 2025 Scholarship Application

Summer Editing Apprenticeship 2025 Scholarship Application

Polyphony Lit has five open scholarship spots for the Summer Editing Apprenticeship 2025! If you are a low-income student aged 14-18 who qualifies for financial aid and you would like to apply to take Polyphony Lit's Summer Editing Apprenticeship course for free, then please fill out this application.

Five students will be selected for these spots, based on the quality of application responses. These five students will be offered a full scholarship for the Summer Editing Apprenticeship 2025.

Application submissions will close either on April 30th or whenever we receive 30 applications.

NOTE: This is not a scholarship for college applications.

Summer Editing Apprenticeship

The Summer Editing Apprenticeship is a part-time online program for rising 9th - 12th-grade high school students. Over the five weeks of the apprenticeship students will gain advanced knowledge of the craft and art of literary editing and be prepared for senior editing roles at Polyphony Lit or their high school literary magazine.

Through this course, students will connect with a global community of peer writers and readers. We believe that editing offers students an opportunity to develop and celebrate their unique voices in a way that is both fun and rewarding!

The program combines asynchronous training modules, live lectures, collaborative group discussions, and weekly assignments where students respond to actual author submissions to Polyphony Lit.

For more information on the Summer Editing Apprenticeship 2025, including the program timeline, please see this page.

Features of this course:

• 5 week program on how to become a literary editor
• Expert instructors lead lectures and close readings in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction
• Students join discussion groups in Zoom and on discussion boards to analyze sample readings
• A panel of senior level Polyphony Lit editors provide personalized feedback on assignments

Students who pass the course will receive a Certificate of Completion and an invitation to join Polyphony Lit's editorial staff as a Junior Editor.

Scholarship Qualifications

• High school student or equivalent (aged 14-18)
• Financial need: public school students who qualify for free/reduced lunch; private school students receiving financial aid; students whose family financial situation prohibits them from purchasing the program.
• Has access to computer/device and Wi-Fi to take the online workshop.
• Plans to complete the online workshop, which takes 5 weeks either during Session 1 (May 25 - June 29, 2025) or during Session 2 (July 13 - August 17, 2025)