Writers in Paradise has opened its 2027 memoir workshop, led by Ann Hood, to writers with a manuscript in progress. The workshop is structured around daily reading and discussion of published essays, followed by critique of participants' own pages, with the explicit aim of helping writers locate the through-line of their story and a viable path toward telling it. This is not a generative seminar but a diagnostic one: the faculty and the group will assess what is on the page and how it might be shaped. The submission requirement is deliberately specific. Applicants must submit, in a single file, up to 25 pages of the opening of a memoir-in-progress, plus a one-page synopsis as the final page. The synopsis must include a brief paragraph summarizing the memoir and stating the project's status—unfinished first draft, completed first draft, completed draft which has undergone multiple revisions, etc. If the submitted pages are drawn from later in the work (for example, pages 26–50), the synopsis must also summarize the preceding pages (e.g., pages 1–24). The organization states plainly that it is reading to assess the strength and readiness of the manuscript for workshop, and that what is submitted will be what is worked on. The fee is $25. The deadline is November 2, 2026. No prize, location, or other terms are specified in the provided information. The workshop's value lies in its focus: a sustained, close examination of memoir as a craft, conducted by a writer experienced in the form, within a cohort selected for the readiness of their projects.