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Choose the mentorship format that suits you, your work and your goals.
You can view the ASA’s range of mentorship options, including pricing structure, length, and available categories/genres below.
Reading time for mentors must be included in the allotted hours for all mentorships, so please take this into consideration when deciding the length of your mentorship.
Please note that we ask for upfront payment for all our mentorships. This is to ensure our mentors are paid promptly for their work. If this is difficult for you (especially in the case of a lengthy mentorship), please email [email protected] to discuss your options.
All creators are given the opportunity to nominate their preferred mentor(s) during the booking process. Learn which mentors work within your genre at our mentor register.
Depending on the type of mentorship you are booking, you will be asked to submit specific materials such as a synopsis, manuscript sample, or flatplan. Submission materials vary depending on the mentorship format — please check the submission information for your preferred format to confirm which materials you will need to upload as part of your booking.
Complete the booking form for your chosen mentorship format, upload the required submission materials, and submit your payment for the mentorship booking. Once you have submitted, you should receive an automated email confirmation from [email protected], as well as an email receipt from our payment platform, Stripe. Please check your spam/junk folder if you don’t receive these emails after submitting your booking.
The ASA will attend to your booking request within 2-3 business days. We will contact your preferred mentors (in order of preference) and notify you as soon as we have a mentor confirmed or more information on their availability for your consideration. You will receive email updates about your booking from [email protected].
Once a mentor and time frame is confirmed for your mentorship, your mentor will be in direct contact to get the mentorship underway.
Members: $365 Non-members: $555
Members: $825 Non-members: $1,225
Members: $625 Non-members: $925
Members: $1,190Non-members: $1,760
Members: $1,695Non-members: $2,505
Members: $2,140Non-members: $3,160
Members: $2,525Non-members: $3,725
Members: $3,030Non-members: $4,470
Make sure you’ve included the time it will take a mentor to read your work in your time estimate. As a general rule, 10,000 words will take 3 hours to read, 35,000 words will take 8 hours, and 70,000 words will take 16 hours. If your manuscript is over 100,000 words, get in touch to discuss how a mentorship might work best for you.
Our current list of mentors includes specialists in diverse areas from fiction of all genres to non-fiction, illustration, and beyond. They’re all highly credentialled, with multiple publications and at least 5 years of professional mentoring experience.
Every year, we award multiple free mentorships to authors and illustrators whose work shows significant merit and potential.
