Fire Starters 2025-26 Application

We’re so excited you would like to dig into a memoir project in Fire Starters this fall!

To keep our group intimate, we are limiting the cohort to 24 writers. Tell us about you & your writing project below.

Name

First Name

Last Name

Have you been diagnosed with cancer?

Yes, breast cancer and/or MBC.

Yes, another type of cancer.

No.

Age at Diagnosis

Have you participated in the Wildfire writing community before?

Select all that apply.

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Published in Wildfire Journal

No, I haven't yet.

Have you participated in other memoir / creative nonfiction writing groups? If so, which ones?

Personal Statement (300 words or fewer)

Tell us a little about yourself. Describe yourself as a person, student, and potential member of the Fire Starters cohort. What do you hope to gain from the program, and what will you bring to the community?

Project Description (300 words or fewer)

Tell us about the memoir that you are writing or hope to start writing in the program. Your memoir project does not need to be cancer focused. In addition, please tell us the author and title(s) of 1-3 memoirs that have made an impact on you. Share a little about why these books moved you/what you loved about them.

Do you have experience giving and receiving writing feedback?

The critique aspect of Fire Starters is part of what makes this program so special. You need not have prior experience with writing feedback (giving or working with an editor), but if you do, we'd love to hear how the experience was for you and the impact on you as a writer.

Please note: Submitting an application does not guarantee your seat in the program. We will inform you soon of the status of your application.