Creative Writing

Dates and Guidelines for Submissions to Classes

Registering for creative writing courses requires that students submit a writing sample and state for which course they are applying. Please tell us whether you are a first-year, sophomore, junior or senior, and—if relevant—which other writing courses you have taken.

Deadline for Spring 2025 courses is noon on Wednesday, November 20

Please contact the instructor of the course if the deadline is passed.

The facts about writing samples

1. Submit writing samples for all classes via this google form.
2. Writing samples for 201: The Short Story and 321: Short Prose Forms should consist of 3-5 pages of prose (ideally creative, but critical work is fine).
3. Writing samples for 224: Inside Matters: Writing Home and Relation and 331: More-than-Human: Poetic Structures and the Lyric should consist of 3-5 pages of creative work.
4. They are due at noon on Wednesday during the week before registration begins. Writing samples can also be submitted at any time prior to the due date. Early submissions are appreciated. Please note prerequisites.
5. Students will be alerted via e-mail during pre-registration whether or not they may register. 
6. A second deadline, for late registration, is at noon on Wednesday of the week of late registration. This deadline is only for students returning from a leave. There may or may not be space for these students.

* Please check the course catalog or courses page for individual course requirements.

* Please address prose questions to Peter Rock and poetry questions to Joan Kane.