Summer 2025 Online Workshops
Application deadline: February 28
Learn more about the workshops
and faculty
June 22-28, 2025
The premier multi-genre workshop for BIPOC Writers, VONA is a Home where writers of color come to hone their craft and be in community.
Each summer VONA gathers esteemed faculty to work with emerging writers of color to explore elements of craft, issues of culture, works of social justice and practices of literary production. VONA’s founders created the workshops for those underserved and unable to find writing communities of color outside of academic institutions. We continue to uphold and create space for all BIPOC writers of color whose writing samples demonstrate a story in need of telling and a voice deserving of mentorship regardless of the writer’s publications or degrees.
Applicants should submit writing samples of either poetry or prose (no more than 15 double-spaced pages). Writing samples may be published or unpublished. Click here to apply.
Application Guidelines
VONA fosters the development of personal and political writing and engages in the work of social justice as we build our global community of writers. Apply today!
Summer Program Dates
June 22 - 28, 2025
Workshops will be held on Zoom.
Application fee: $30
Deposit: $200
Workshop tuition: $1,000
Residency tuition: $1,200
Fees and Tuition
February 28
March 22
March 31
June 7
Deadlines
Applications
Acceptances
Deposits
Final Tuition Payment
While VONA’s online program offers flexibility and expands the reach beyond the continental US borders, we ask for no less of a commitment of your time and dedication.
This is not a program you can fit in between business meetings and a full plate of family obligations. There will be daily workshop meetings, one-on-ones with your residency instructor, faculty panels and readings, all on top of the hours you’ll need to spend writing and reading assigned pages to provide nuanced and thoughtful critique to your cohort.
The VONA Summer Program is a commitment: to yourself and to the others walking this road with you.
Course Descriptions
This summer’s workshops will challenge and inspire you. Learn more about the program and our outstanding faculty.