What is a general fee waiver?
General fee waivers support Black List writers.
When approved, general waivers apply one month of free hosting and one free evaluation to the project included in your application. These needs-based waivers are granted once per year to writer members with a completed writer profile. Writer profiles are free to create and any writer anywhere on the planet is welcome to join.
Though writers who've been granted a general fee waiver in the past 365 days are ineligible to request another, our program fee waivers are open to all writer members with a qualifying project!
Here's what to expect from the application process:
First, you'll be asked to add a project. This project is part of the material that will be considered alongside your fee waiver application—it is also the project that will receive one month of free hosting and one free evaluation.
You'll also be asked to answer the question: In a few sentences or paragraphs, please explain your writing journey up to now.
If you qualify for a general fee waiver you'll be notified through our internal messaging system. Once approved, fee waiver discounts are automatically applied to your submitted project.
Fee waivers are reviewed by our team in the order in which they are received. Sometimes this can lead to significant wait times. Please do not reapply if you haven't received an answer on your original application—it will cause your previous application to be removed from the queue.