Financial-Needs Scholarships

As part of our commitment to create a world that works for all, we have established a scholarship fund to support authors who need financial support in order to attend either the Marketing Workshop or the Annual Authors Retreat.

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As part of our commitment to create a world that works for all, we have established a scholarship fund to support authors who need financial support in order to attend either the BookPlan Marketing Workshop or the Annual Authors Retreat.

Our community is built on trust. As such, we do not ask scholarship applicants to demonstrate or prove financial need. We trust that if you are applying for financial assistance, it is because you need financial assistance.

BookPlan (Our Nonfiction Book Marketing Workshop)

Any nonfiction author (whether published with Berrett-Koehler or not) can apply for a scholarship covering either 25%, 50%, or 75% of the cost of the workshop, depending on the level of their financial need.

To claim a scholarship and register at the pay-what-you’re-able price, please complete this registration form:

Pay-What-You're-Able 2026 BookPlan Registration

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How much financial assistance do you need to be able to attend BookPlan? (Full price: $349)

Scholarship covering 25% – You pay $260
Scholarship covering 50% – You pay $175
Scholarship covering 75% – You pay $85

BookPlan Policies

Refund policy: We will give full refunds for BookPlan cancellations through Tuesday, April 21, 2026 (the day before the workshop). To cancel your registration, email us at [email protected].

Image release policy: You acknowledge that your voice and image may be captured and distributed to attendees as part of our recording of the sessions.

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BK Authors Annual Retreat

The number of scholarships available for the BK Authors Annual Retreat is set annually by the board based on funds raised in previous years. This scholarship is only available to Berrett-Koehler authors and associate BK Author members.

The financial assistance fund for the Retreat is called the Ellen Augustine Scholarship Fund.

Read more about Ellen’s legacy

BK Authors has named its scholarship program the Ellen Augustine Scholarship Fund. Ellen Augustine, who died in 2015, was a Berrett-Koehler author who championed the inclusion of BK social change authors at the annual BK Authors Retreat. Many social change authors have had a difficult time devoting the time and money to attend our retreats. They write about the root causes of social, economic, and environmental injustice, topics that don’t lend themselves to big incomes. When the BK Scholarship Fund was created around 2008, Ellen recruited many social change authors to attend the annual retreats. Her efforts led to one of our largest retreats ever in 2011, with roughly 70 attendees. And the conversations were especially rich with the addition of these broad thinkers.

As we continually seek to diversify the participation of authors at our events, we are proud to name the scholarship after Ellen. We encourage social change authors—and all authors—who need financial assistance to tap the Ellen Augustine Scholarship Fund in order to attend the BK Authors Retreat.

Berrett-Koehler authors can apply for a scholarship covering either 50%, 75%, or 100% of the cost of the retreat (excluding travel to and from). We ask that you request only as much financial assistance as you need.

Retreat scholarships must be received at least a week before the registration deadline.

The BK Authors Executive Committee will disperse available scholarship funds among applicants. Depending on demand, we may not be able to grant the full amount of assistance requested or to honor all scholarship requests.

BK Author Retreat Scholarship Application

If you have any questions, contact us at [email protected].

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