As I mentioned earlier, I was rejected for the YRAC grant – the application for which I’d sent simultaneously along with my application to the Humber School for Writers. Shortly after receiving rejection to the YRAC grant, I received acceptance into Humber – an acceptance that was exhilarating in its affirmation that perhaps I wasn’t a tone-deaf writer after all, but also off-putting due to the program’s cost.
Initially, I’d only received preliminary word of my acceptance into the program via e-mail, which gave me time to sit on the offer and think. Sure, acceptance was great, but could I reasonably afford the entire cost of the program at this time? Christmas was coming up along with a slew of family birthdays and celebrations.
I began my vigil at the mailbox again, waiting for my hardcopy response from Humber. Within 2 weeks, I received my acceptance, along with a $1000 Writer’s Trust scholarship!
If acceptance into Humber was thrilling, the scholarship was beyond thrilling – it was heady and intoxicating . On top of that, with the scholarship, the cost of the program didn’t seem so daunting.
So with all that said and done, I’m happy to say that I’m a January 2011 student of Humber College’s School for Writers – mentee of Sandra Birdsell, award-winning author of Children of the Day.
I’ve already ordered my recommended course books and have started in on some early reading. Even reading one of the recommended texts, Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose, has me itching for more. I absolutely cannot wait to start this January!
makes me want to drink alchoholic beverages