FAQ's

That’s easy! The flexibility and freedom our courses provide allow you to complete assignments at your convenience—at your own pace, and from your own home.

Upon completion of the Writing Assessment and enrollment process, the Institute will email you detailed instructions on how to log into your online student account. If you do not see this email in your inbox, check your junk email. Remember to add “Institute for Writers” to your approved email list to ensure you receive all of our communications.

All assignments are evaluated by your instructor. Upon completion of each assignment, you submit it in your online student account. We require everything be submitted as a Microsoft Word document, which is the standard software used in the publishing industry.  All assignments are graded Pass/Fail and results are emailed back to you from your instructor. For more information, please see our Academic Info page under the “Instructor Feedback” section.

A student may cancel the program by notifying the school in any manner; a written request is recommended. If you cancel within 10 days from the signature date on your Enrollment Agreement, all tuition monies will be refunded. If you cancel after 10 days from the signature date of your Enrollment Agreement, but prior to receipt by the school of your first assignment, you are obligated to a registration fee of 20% of the tuition or $200, whichever is less. If you cancel after submitting the first assignment, you are obligated to pay the school the registration fee, plus a percentage of tuition as follows:

1. A. Up to and including 10% of the assignments, 10% of the tuition.
2. B. After submitting more than 10% up to and including 25% of the assignments, 25% of the tuition.
3. C. After submitting more than 25% up to and including 50% of the assignments, 50% of the tuition.
4. D. After submitting more than 50% of the assignments, you owe the school the full tuition.

Please contact Student Services if you have further questions.

In order to graduate, a student must maintain a passing average, satisfactorily complete all course assignments, and fulfill their financial obligations to the Institute.

Yes, all of the resources in your online student account are available to our graduates after completion of their course(s).

Upon successful completion of all course requirements, you will be mailed your diploma and an official transcript.

Institute for Writers graduates receive an official transcript with their graduation package. Additional transcripts are also available for a nominal fee. Please contact our student service team with your request at info@instituteforwriters.com or 1-800-243-9645.

The Connecticut Board for State Academic Awards recommends that students who complete our courses be awarded college credits. You may obtain credits for the courses you’ve completed through Charter Oak State College—they officially accredit our programs. There is a fee for a credit registry account, which you would first need to open in order to receive official transcripts with credit hours for the course. Please contact Charter Oak at (860) 515-3702 to obtain more information on fees and with any questions about the registry. 

Once the credit registry account is opened, follow up with us to send Charter Oak a copy of your transcripts for $10 each. Charter Oak will then issue transcripts with credit hours to your college, university, institution, or district of choice; it is up to these organizations if and how they can accept the credits.