From May 8-12, The War Horse News will host a Writing Seminar for Post-9/11 Gold Star Children at the Lucky Spur Ranch in Justin, TX.
The seminar is an all-expenses paid event for 12 participants, with travel, meals and room accommodations paid for by The War Horse. Mentors for the seminar include award-winning authors, journalists and editors.
The goal of the seminar is to help Gold Star children not only write and publish their own stories of sacrifice and service, but convey to the public the profound human impact of military service.
The War Horse, a nonprofit newsroom focusing its writing on military service, has trained more than 60 Veterans and military service members during five writing seminars, and has earned the reputation as the preeminent professional development program for veterans and military spouses in journalism.
This weeklong, intimate workshop brings together world-class journalists, authors, agents and publishers who work with The War Horse team to nurture them as the next generation of military writers.
At this time, The War Horse News is able to support travel for applicants originating from a CONUS location.
To be eligible for the seminar, applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 35 at the time of the event, May 8-12, and have lost a parent or legal guardian serving on active duty after Sept. 11, 2001.
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The children of service members who died in combat, by suicide, from illness, and during training accidents are encouraged to apply.
Applications will be accepted up until 11:59 p.m. EST on February 28, and will receive a confirmation email that their application has been received.
Following review by the selection committee, finalists will be contacted for a brief phone conversation about their story ideas during March.
The 12 selected fellows will be notified of their acceptance in early April 2023. Declinations will be sent shortly after.
For more information and the application for eligible participants is located here.
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