The Academy Year
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Live sessions, sprints, admissions windows, and one date in November that the whole institution points toward.
The Shape of the Year
Weekly
Live Course Session
The week's Core material, taught live, with open Q&A.
Weekly
Writing Sprints & Critique Circles
Moderated sessions and matched peer workshops.
Weekly
Instructor Forums
Direct faculty access, in-thread, on the Academy's clock.
Spring
Spring Term Matriculation
New students welcomed, transcripts opened, the Core begins.
Autumn
Fall Term Matriculation
The second annual admissions window, and cohort convocation.
November
Reader Nation — Las Vegas
The Academy's culminating tradition. Graduating cohorts take the signing table with finished books; Novelist Cohort writers receive an Author Nation ticket.