Original Essay*:

The original essay is an opportunity for you to write creatively and demonstrate your skills. Please answer the question: What is an example of pushing the boundaries of wine? This piece should be previously unpublished and written originally for this application. (400-800 words)

Personal Statement*:

The personal statement is an opportunity for you to express both how you will benefit from and also how you can uniquely contribute to the Fellowship program. From your experience, tell us why this opportunity to be a Fellow in the Wine Writers’ Symposium is important to you and to your work. This should include parts of your story, identity, ethnicity, work experience, hardship, cultural aspects, and anything else that is relevant. Please do not include your name, or the names of any other people, organizations, or businesses in your personal statement. (200-400 words)

Professional Commitment*:

The professional experience demonstration will help the symposium ensure it is cultivating fellows who already have a demonstrated professional commitment to wine writing, while also embracing exceptional newcomers. Please list your two most recently published written pieces of wine writing. These can be published in print, online, in a magazine, newspaper, book, or on a blog. They must be in written form. Please list the title, publication venue, and date of publication.

Sample 1:

Sample 2:

Demographic Questions*:

The demographic questions will help the Symposium assess to what extent it is achieving its diversity commitment. These demographic questions are based on current industry standards. The answers will not be included in the content sent to reviewers.

Year of birth:

Ethnic/Racial Background*:

American Indian, Indigenous American, or Alaska NativeAsianBlack or African AmericanHispanic, Latino, or of Spanish originNative Hawaiian or Other Pacific IslanderWhiteMultiracialOtherPrefer not to answer

Please indicate if you consider yourself to be a member of the LGBTQIA+ community:

YesNoPrefer not to answer

With which gender identity do you most identify?:

Cis WomanCis ManTransgender WomanTransgender ManGender Non-ConformingNot ListedPrefer not to answer

I confirm that the information I have submitted is accurate and the work I have submitted is my own, previously unpublished, and written originally for this application.

I consent to being contacted by the Wine Writers’ Symposium.

I consent to being contacted by Napa Valley Vintners, Meadowood Napa Valley, and their affiliates.

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