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Creative Writing

One of the nation's most prestigious open-enrollment creative writing programs..

Whether you're looking to improve your writing for personal fulfillment, want to be published, or are preparing to apply to an MFA program, the Writers' Program can help you achieve your goals. You will find a supportive community of instructors, academic counselors and fellow students to help you on your journey.

We offer a wide range of open-enrollment courses, all of which may be taken individually. A guide on where to get started is provided below.

We also offer a fully customizable 21-unit Certificate in Creative Writing where you can develop professional creative writing skills in the genre of your choice.

What do you want to create?


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Personal Essays
Creative Nonfiction
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Young Adult Novels
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Creative Writing Certificate

Develop your skills in the genre of your choice, including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and more.

This customizable program culminates in a capstone project where you will make significant progress on a polished collection of work.

Taught by a prestigious roster of instructors who are published writers and active professionals, courses can be taken onsite, online, or a combination of both.

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Annual Writers Studio

4-day in-person, intensive workshops in Creative Writing & Screenwriting.

Perfect for both aspiring and experienced writers looking for new inspiration.

August 1-4, 2024 Registration opens Monday, February 5

Writers' Program Consultations

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If you have a completed draft of a manuscript and need feedback for your work, you may consider a one-on-one consultation with a Writers’ Program instructor.

Consultations give you a full cover-to-cover read of your work, a written evaluation, and a follow-up conversation in person, via phone, or web chat.

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Creative Writing

About the Program

The Creative Writing Program is an interdisciplinary minor program offered by the Office of Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Division of Undergraduate Studies in the College of Letters & Science. The approved courses students take to satisfy the minor course requirements are offered by over forty departments and programs on campus. Interested undergraduate students in any major may earn an interdepartmental minor in creative writing by completing the requirements listed in the Minor Requirements tab. For further information, please also see the Creative Writing Minor website and the program's Frequently Asked Questions pages .

There is no major program in Creative Writing.

Declaring and Completing the Minor

Information regarding declaring the minor and completing the minor, including deadlines, is available on the Creative Writing Minor website . See Declaring and Completing .

Students who are interested in the Creative Writing minor are encouraged to subscribe to the Creative Writing minor email list serve to receive important news about the minor, including special approval courses for the minor that are not published on the website. To subscribe, email [email protected] .

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Minor Requirements

Students who have a strong interest in an area of study outside their major often decide to complete a minor program. These programs have set requirements and are noted officially on the transcript, but are not noted on diplomas.

General Guidelines

All minors must be declared before the first day of classes in your Expected Graduation Term (EGT). For summer graduates, minors must be declared prior to the first day of Summer Session A.

All upper-division courses must be taken for a letter grade.

A minimum of three of the upper-division courses taken to fulfill the minor requirements must be completed at UC Berkeley.

A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 is required in the upper-division courses to fulfill the minor requirements.

Courses used to fulfill the minor requirements may be applied toward the Seven-Course Breadth requirement, for Letters & Science students.

No more than one upper division course may be used to simultaneously fulfill requirements for a student's major and minor programs.

All minor requirements must be completed prior to the last day of finals during the semester in which the student plans to graduate. If students cannot finish all courses required for the minor by that time, they should see a College of Letters & Science adviser.

All minor requirements must be completed within the unit ceiling. (For further information regarding the unit ceiling, please see the College Requirements tab.)

Course Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Units
Upper Division
Select three courses in creative writing (see below)
Select two courses in literature (see below)

At least two of the three writing courses must be taken at UC Berkeley.

Students may be allowed to include courses that are not on the following lists with the approval of the creative writing minor faculty advisor. It is the responsibility of the student to provide the faculty advisor with documentary evidence to support the claim of course eligibility. Contact the creative writing minor student academic advisor at [email protected] for more information.

Course List
Code	Title	Units
	Poetry for the People: Introduction to the Art of Poetry	4
	Poetry for the People: The Writing and Teaching of Poetry	4
	Poetry for the People: Practicum	4
	Spoken Word: Oral Tradition & Transformation from Poetry to Hip Hop, Standup & Beyond	3
	Creative Writing for Artists	4
	Creative Writing	4
	Introduction to the Craft of Creative Writing	4
	Introduction to the Craft of Creative Nonfiction	3
	Introduction to the Craft of Short Fiction	3
	Introduction to the Craft of Dramatic Writing	3
	Seminar-Workshop in Creative Writing	3
	Seminar-Workshop on Creative Writing: The Novel	3
	Players, Spectators & Fanatics: Writing on the Cultures of Sports	3
	Reading and Writing Poetry	3
	Creative Prose	3
	Knowing Others, and Being Known: The Art of Writing People	4
	The Art of Writing: Writing the Limits of Empathy	4
	Modes of Writing (Exposition, Fiction, Verse, Etc.)	4
	Short Fiction	4
	Verse	4
	Long Narrative	4
	Playwriting	4
	Prose Nonfiction	4
	Poetry Translation Workshop	4
	Writing about Environmental Design: Short Compositions	3-4
	Writing about Environmental Design: One Longer Composition	3-4
	Introduction to Screenwriting	4
	Screenwriting	4
	TV Writing	4
	Creative Writing in French	4
	Native American Narratives	4
	Fundamentals of Playwriting	3
	Playwriting	3

Course List
Code	Title	Units
	Research-to-Performance Laboratory	3
	Black Theatre Workshop	3
	African American Literature 1920 to Present	3
	Survey of African American Literary Forms and Styles 1920 to 1980	3
	Neo-Slave Narratives	3
	Novels of Toni Morrison	3
	Literature of the Caribbean: Significant Themes	4
	Special Topics in African American Literature	3 - 4
	African American Poetry: Eyes on the Prize	4
	Classical Poetics	4
	Slavery and Literature in the Greco-Roman World	4
	Native American Literature	4
	Forms of Folklore	4
	Topics in Folklore	4
	Modern Arabic Prose	3
	Classical Arabic Prose	3
	Modern Arabic Poetry	3
	Classical Arabic Poetry	3
	Survey of Arabic Literature (in Arabic)	3
	Survey of Arabic Literature (in Arabic)	3
	Armenian Literature in Social Context	4
	Asian American Literature	4
	Contemporary Narratives on the Philippines and the United States	3
	Genre in Asian American Literature	4
	Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Literature and Culture	4
	Chinese American Literature	4
	Korean American Literature	4
	Readings in Chinese Buddhist Texts	4
	Introductory Readings in Kanbun	4
	Welsh and Arthurian Literature of the Middle Ages	4
	Welsh and Arthurian Literature of the Middle Ages	4
	Irish Literature in Translation	4
	Irish Literature	4
	Irish Literature	4
	Medieval Welsh Language and Literature	4
	Medieval Welsh Language and Literature	4
	Celtic Mythology and Oral Tradition	4
	Chicana Feminist Writers and Discourse	4
	Major Chicano Writers	4
	Chicano and Latin American Literature	3
	Ancient Chinese Prose	4
	Ancient Chinese Poetry	4
	Readings in Classical Chinese Poetry	4
	Readings in Medieval Prose	4
	Readings in Chinese Buddhist Texts	4
	Readings in Vernacular Chinese Literature	4
	Modern Chinese Literature	4
	Contemporary Chinese Literature	4
	Exploring Premodern Chinese Novels	4
	The Story of the Stone	4
	Readings on Creative Writing	3
	Introduction to Comparative Literature	4
	Introduction to Comparative Literature: Literature and Philosophy	4
	Introduction to Comparative Literature: Society and Culture	4
	Introduction to Comparative Literature: Literary and Cultural History	4
	Introduction to Comparative Literature	4
	The Biblical Tradition in Western Literature	4
	The Ancient Mediterranean World	4
	The Middle Ages	4
	The Renaissance	4
	Eighteenth- and 19th-Century Literature	4
	The Modern Period	4
	Fiction and Culture of the Americas	4
	On line: Fiction and Culture of the Americas	4
	Myth and Literature	4
	Topics in Modern Greek Literature	4
	Senior Seminar in Comparative Literature	4
	Topics in Dutch Literature	3
	DUTCH C164 The Indonesian Connection: Dutch (Post)colonial History and Culture in Southeast Asia	4
	Dynamics of Romantic Core Values in East Asian Premodern Literature and Contemporary Film	4
	Expressing the Ineffable in China and Beyond: The Making of Meaning in Poetic Writing	4
	Revising the Classics: Chinese and Greek Poetry in Translation	4
	Reading Global Politics in Contemporary East Asian Literature	4
	Modern East Asian Fiction	4
	Lu Xun and his Worlds	4
	Neurodiversity in Literature	4
	Science Fiction in East Asia	4
	The Seminar on Criticism	4
	The English Bible As Literature	4
	Medieval Literature	4
	Chaucer	4
	Middle English Literature	4
	English Drama	4
	English Drama	4
	The English Renaissance	4
	The English Renaissance	4
	Shakespeare	4
	Shakespeare	4
	Shakespeare and Film	4
	Shakespeare	4
	Shakespeare	4
	Shakespeare in the Theatre	4
	Milton	4
	Literature of the Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century	4
	Literature of the Later 18th Century	4
	Romantic Period	4
	Victorian Period	4
	The English Novel	4
	The English Novel	4
	The European Novel	4
	The 20th-Century Novel	4
	The Contemporary Novel	4
	British Literature: 1900-1945	4
	Modern Poetry	4
	Modern Drama	4
	American Literature: Before 1800	4
	American Literature: 1800-1865	4
	American Literature: 1865-1900	4
	American Literature: 1900-1945	4
	American Poetry	4
	American Novel	4
	African American Literature and Culture Before 1917	4
	African American Literature and Culture Since 1917	4
	Topics in African American Literature and Culture	4
	Contemporary Literature	4
	Literature of American Cultures	4
	Topics in American Studies	4
	Chicana/o Literature and Culture to 1910	4
	Chicana/o Literature and Culture Since 1910	4
	Topics in Chicana/o Literature and Culture	4
	Studies in World Literature in English	4
	The Cultures of English	4
	Women Writers	4
	Topics in Asian American Literatures and Cultures	4
	Special Topics	4
	Special Topics in American Cultures	4
	Special Topics	4
	Special Topics in American Cultures	4
	Special Topics	6
	Literature and the Arts	4
	Literature and Sexual Identity	4
	Literature and Psychology	4
	Literature and History	4
	Literature and Disability	4
	Literature and Popular Culture	4
	Literature and Philosophy	4
	British and American Folklore	4
	Literature and Linguistics	4
	Autobiography	4
	Comedy	4
	The Epic	4
	Short Story	4
	The Essay	4
	Lyric Verse	4
	The Novel	4
	The Romance	4
	Satire	4
	Tragedy	4
	Science Fiction	4
	Research Seminar	4
	Comparative Ethnic Literature in America	4
	Comparative Ethnic Literature in America	3
	Existential Panic in American Ethnic Literature	4
	Literature from Ethnic Movements	4
	Medieval Literature	4
	Medieval Literature	4
	Late Medieval Literature	4
	Sixteenth-Century Literature: Marot to Montaigne	4
	Seventeenth-Century Literature	4
	Seventeenth-Century Literature	4
	Eighteenth-Century Literature	4
	Eighteenth-Century Literature	4
	Nineteenth-Century Literature	4
	Nineteenth-Century Literature	4
	Twentieth-Century Literature	4
	Twentieth-Century Literature	4
	Literary Themes, Genres, and Structures	4
	Literary Themes, Genres, and Structures	4
	Literary Criticism	4
	Literary Criticism	4
	Prose Fiction	4
	Modern Theatre	4
	Senior Seminar	4
	French Literature in English Translation	4
	French Literature in English Translation	4
	French Literature in English Translation	4
	French Literature in English Translation	4
	Women in French Literature	4
	Women in French Literature	4
	Francophone Literature	4
	Francophone Literature	4
	Psychoanalytic Theory and Literature	4
	Music and Literature	4
	Literature and the Visual Arts	4
	Philosophy and Literature	4
	Literature and Colonialism	4
	Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture	4
	Literary Translation	4
	The Literature of the Middle Ages	3
	Early Modern Literature	4
	From 1800 to the Present	3
	Goethe	4
	Romanticism	4
	German Drama and Opera	4
	Topics in Narrative	4
	Eighteenth- to 21st-Century German Poetry	3
	Modern Literature	4
	Kafka	4
	Literature in the Digital Age	4
	Holocaust: Media, Memory, Representation	4
	Plato and Attic Prose	4
	Homer	4
	Drama and Society	4
	The Greek New Testament	4
	Archaic Poetry	4
	Greek Drama	4
	Hellenistic Poets	4
	Herodotus	4
	Thucydides	4
	Attic Oratory	4
	Plato and Aristotle	4
	Greek Literature of the Hellenistic and Imperial Periods	4
	Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture	3
	Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture	3
	Reading Italian Literature	4
	Dante's Commedia (in Italian)	4
	Literature and Culture of the 13th and 14th Centuries	4
	Sixteenth-Century Literature and Culture	4
	Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture	4
	Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature	4
	Topics in Italian Studies	4
	Dante's Inferno (in English)	4
	Dante's Purgatorio and Paradiso (in English)	4
	Special Topics in Italian Literature	4
	Classical Japanese Poetry	4
	Premodern Japanese Diary (Nikki) Literature	4
	Heian Prose	4
	Edo Literature	4
	Modern Japanese Literature	4
	Contemporary Japanese Literature	4
	Classical Japanese Literature in Translation	4
	Modern Japanese Literature in Translation	4
	Urami: Rancor and Revenge in Japanese Literature	4
	Ghosts and the Modern Literary Imagination	4
	Reframing Disasters: Fukushima, Before and After	4
	Fourth-Year Readings: Korean Literature	4
	Genre and Occasion in Traditional Poetry	4
	Narrating Persons and Objects in Traditional Korean Prose	4
	Modern Korean Poetry	4
	Readings in Modern Korean Literature	4
	Modern Korean Fiction	4
	Contemporary Korean Literature	4
	Intercultural Encounters in Korean Literature	4
	Gender and Korean Literature	4
	Modern Korean Fiction in Translation	4
	Critical Approaches to Modern Korean Literature	4
	Cold War Culture in Korea: Literature and Film	4
	Republican Prose	4
	Vergil	4
	Lyric and Society	4
	Roman Drama	4
	Lucretius, Vergil's Georgics	4
	Latin Epic	4
	Latin Prose to AD 14	4
	Tacitus	4
	Post-Augustan Prose	4
	Medieval Latin	4
	Readings in Medieval Latin	4
	Cultural Representations of Sexuality	4
	Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture	4
	Ancient Mesopotamian Literature	3
	Gilgamesh: King, Hero, and God	4
	Biblical Poetry	4
	Modern Jewish Literatures	4
	Arabic Literature in Translation	3
	Arabic Literature in Translation	3
	Cultural Encounters in Modern Arabic Literature	3
	Narratives of Identity in Israeli and Palestinian Fiction	4
	The Thousand and One Nights in World Literary Imagination	3
	Film and Fiction of Iran	4
	Native American Literature	4
	Readings in Persian Literature	3
	Readings in Persian Literature	3
	Readings in Classical Persian Prose	3
	Readings in Classical Persian Prose	3
	Classical Persian Poetry	3
	Classical Persian Poetry	3
	Contemporary Persian Literature	3
	Contemporary Persian Literature	3
	Modern Analytical Prose in Persian	3
	Introduction to Portuguese Literature and Culture	4
	Modern and Contemporary Brazilian Literature	4
	Studies in Luso-Brazilian Literature	4
	Rhetoric of Narrative Genres in Nonliterate Societies	4
	Rhetoric of Fiction	4
	Rhetoric of Drama	4
	Rhetoric of Poetry	4
	Poetics and Poetry	4
	Novel, Society, and Politics	4
	Rhetoric of Autobiography	4
	Autobiography and American Individualism	4
	Novel into Film	4
	Genre in Film and Literature	4
	Rhetoric of the Political Novel	4
	Intermediate Sanskrit: Sahitya (Literary Sanskrit)	5
	The Works of Hans Christian Andersen	4
	Plays of Ibsen	4
	Strindberg	4
	Studies in Prose	4
	The Novel in Scandinavian	4
	Old Norse Literature	4
	Studies in Scandinavian Literature	4
	Scandinavian Myth and Religion	4
	Scandinavian Myth and Religion	4
	Scandinavian Folklore	4
	Arctic Folklore and Mythology in Nordic Lands	4
	Literature, Art, and Society in 20th-Century Russia	4
	Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and the English Novel	4
	The Novel in Russia and the West	4
	Gogol	4
	Dostoevsky	4
	Tolstoy	4
	Chekhov	4
	Nabokov	4
	Tolstoy and Dostoevsky	4
	Studies in Russian Literature	4
	Russia and Asia	4
	Post-Soviet Cultures	4
	East Slavic Folklore	3
	Balkan Folklore	3
	Polish Literature and Intellectual Trends	3
	Readings in Polish Literature	4
	Survey of Yugoslav Literatures	3
	Advanced Readings in Yugoslav/Post-Yugoslav Studies	3
	Readings in Russian Literature	4
	Pushkin	4
	Russian Prose	4
	Introduction to Modern Indonesian and Malaysian Literature in Translation	4
	Mainland Southeast Asian Literature	4
	Articulations of the Female in Indonesia	4
	Philippines: History, Literature, Performance	4
	Filipino Mythology	4
	Narratives of Vietnam and Vietnamese Diaspora	4
	Survey of Spanish American Literature	4
	Survey of Spanish American Literature	4
	Survey of Spanish Literature	4
	Survey of Spanish Literature	4
	Cervantes	4
	Cervantes	4
	Spanish Poetry	4
	The Spanish American Short Story	4
	Studies in Hispanic Literature	4
	Studies in Hispanic Literature - Writing Intensive	4
	Spanish-American Fiction in English Translation	4
	Readings in Tamil	4
	Readings in Tamil	4
	Plays of Ibsen	4
	Strindberg	4
	Performance Literatures	4
	Black Theatre Workshop	3
	Readings in Modern Turkish	3
	Readings in Modern Turkish	3

Contact Information

Creative writing minor.

Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies

295 Evans Hall

Program Director and Faculty Advisor

Fiona McFarlane, PhD (Department of English)

413 Wheeler Hall

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Student Academic Advisor

Laura Demir

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Exploring Creative Writing

ENGLISH X438

Get an overview of common forms and genres of written self-expression, including personal essay/memoir, poetry, short fiction and novel. You experiment and discover in a safe environment. The course curriculum helps you learn and practice a variety of genres, forms and styles toward further developing your skills as a creative writer.

In class assignments, you focus on the shorter forms to maximize the number of genres in which you can experiment.

Course Outline

Course Objectives

Share a structural overview of several different forms of written self-expression, and write in each of those forms
Develop the discipline of regular writing in order to understand the importance of revision and develop your ability to revise
Apply feedback on your work and assess your own strengths and areas of interest
Offer constructive advice on the work of others

What You Learn

Personal essay
Voice and humor
Poetry craft
Short story craft
Novel synopsis
Beginning a Long Form (novel, memoir, poetry collection)
On being a writer

How You Learn

Discussion assignments
Written assignments, including essays, poems, short stories, novel synopsis and long form opening
Reading assignments

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Creative Writing Application

Creative Writing classes at UC Davis are unique and rewarding experiences, and we encourage you to watch the following videos before opening up the application. The videos will help you understand the different types of creative writing classes we offer, how English Majors can complete the emphasis in creative writing (see category #10 in the Major Requirements Guide for more info), and how to apply to the upper division ENL 100's. Below the videos are links to the applications for the upper division CW courses required to complete the emphasis. Please watch them all, and watch them in order.

Video #1 - Watch this video to learn more about creative writing courses & why they are called "workshops".

Video #2 - Watch this video to learn more about the difference between lower & upper division workshops, and learn more about how to complete the Creative Writing Emphasis for English Majors.
Video #3 - Watch this video to learn more about the applicaiton process for the upper division workshops (applicaiton link below).
https://youtu.be/Ur59I4Y_w5g

ENL 100F, 100P & 100NF

Admission to ENL 100F, 100P & 100NF is by online application (link below) and acceptance of instructor.

CREATIVE WRITING APPLICATION LINK:

ENL 100F/100NF/100P Creative Writing Application

2023-2024 APPLICATION DUE DATES:

Fall 2024 Application period closes 9/6/2024, 5:00 PM.
Winter 2025 Application period closes 12/6/2024, 5:00 PM.
Spring 2025 Application period closes 2/21/2025, 5:00 PM.

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Please note that 100FA/100PA require a separate application process with a deadline date of: February 1, 2025, 5:00 PM.

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The Art and Craft of Creative Writing

Establish a writing habit.
Develop a toolkit of writing exercises.
Explore various writing forms and styles.
Practice writing and revising.
Create a sense of yourself as a writer, including both your short and long-term writing goals.

Quarters Offered: Fall | Spring | Online Prerequisite: None Contact: For more information about this course, please email [email protected] . Note: Fulfills 3 units towards requirements for the Creative Writing Certificate. Non-certificate students may take this class.

Course Number: WCWP-40107 Credit: 3.00 unit(s) Related Certificate Programs: Creative Writing

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Carothers, Crystal

Crystal Carothers, M.Ed., teaches various writing courses for UC San Diego Extension's Copyediting Certificate and Creative Writing Certificate , as well as ESL at the English Language Institute. She is a California-born educator who has taught English as a second language around the world. Crystal graduated with her Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the San Francisco State University in 2006. Following the completion of her Bachelor's degree, she earned her TEFL teaching certificate in Madrid, Spain. After years of living and teaching abroad, she moved back to San Diego to continue her education with a Master’s of Education in TESOL from Alliant International University. Currently, Crystal teaches various writing and English courses at both UC Sa... Read More

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2023-24 edition, creative writing, minor.

The Department of English offers a minor in Creative Writing open to undergraduates across the UCI campus, giving them the opportunity to receive instruction and practice in the craft of prose fiction and poetry, and to learn the literary tradition of these art forms in English. The minor consists of workshop courses, writing courses, and literature courses, which serve to provide a foundation for students who wish to pursue creative writing professionally, as well as for those who have an amateur interest in the art.

Majors and non-majors should contact the Department in order to receive further information about its requirements and schedules.

A. Select three of the following:
	The Art of Writing: Poetry
	The Art of Writing: Prose Fiction
	Intermediate Poetry Writing
	Intermediate Fiction Writing
B. Complete two courses with different topics
C. Select two of the following:
	Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
	Topics in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
	Topics in Romantic and 19th-Century Literature
	Topics in 20th-Century Literature
	Topics in Literature, Theory, and Criticism
	Multicultural Topics in Literatures in English
	Lectures on Topics in Literary Journalism

Students can substitute one from or for the lower-division requirement.

Residence Requirement for the Minor : Four upper-division courses must be completed successfully at UCI. By petition, two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, providing course content is approved in advance by the department undergraduate chair.

English, B.A.
English, M.F.A.
English, Minor
English, Ph.D.
Literary Journalism, B.A.
Literary Journalism, Minor
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MFA in Creative Writing

About the Program

Our innovative MFA program includes both studio instruction and literature courses. Writers can take workshop courses in any genre, and they can write a thesis in fiction, nonfiction, poetry or “hybrid” (multi-genre) form. In the second year, they teach popular Creative Writing courses to Davis undergraduates under faculty supervision, gaining valuable experience and sharing their insight and enthusiasm with beginning practitioners.

Questions? Contact:

Sarah Yunus Graduate Program Coordinator, MFA Program in Creative Writing [email protected] Pronouns: she/her

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Funding Your MFA

At UC Davis, we offer you the ability to fund your MFA. In fact, all students admitted to the program are guaranteed full funding in the second year of study, when students serve as teachers of Introduction to Creative Writing (English 5) and receive, in exchange, tuition and health insurance remission as well as a monthly stipend (second year students who come to Davis from out of state are expected to establish residency during their first year). We have a more limited amount of resources – teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and out of state tuition wavers – allocated to us for first year students, but in recent years, we’ve had excellent luck funding our accepted first years. We help students who do not receive English department funding help themselves by posting job announcements from other departments during the spring and summer leading up to their arrival. We are proud to say that over the course of the last twenty years, nearly every incoming student has wound up with at least partial funding (including a tuition waiver and health insurance coverage) by the time classes begin in the fall.

We have other resources for students, too – like the Miller Fund, which supports attendance for our writers at any single writer’s workshop or conference. Students have used these funds to attend well-known conferences like AWP, Writing By Writers, and the Tin House Conference. The Davis Humanities Institute offers a fellowship that first year students can apply for to fund their writing projects. Admitted students are also considered for University-wide fellowships.

Cost of Attendance

Course of Study

The M.F.A. at Davis is a two-year program on the quarter system (our academic year consists of three sessions of ten-week courses that run from the end of September until mid-June). The program includes classes and a thesis project. It requires diverse, multidisciplinary study and offers excellent mentorship.

Writers concentrate in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or “hybrid” (multi-genre) forms. They take at least four graduate workshops, and they’re required to take one workshop outside their primary genre (many of our students choose to take even more). Writers at Davis also take graduate courses in literature from abundant options, including the program’s Seminars for Writers. Writers can also take graduate courses in literary study taught by scholars in the English Department. And many of our writers enroll in courses relevant to their work in other departments like art history, comparative literature, linguistics, and performance studies.

At the end of the first year, writers form a thesis committee with a Director and two additional readers from the faculty. In the second year, writers at Davis concentrate on Individual Study units with these mentors, working closely with their committee to create a book-length creative work. Writers present their projects at intimate, intense, celebratory defense in May with all members of their committee in attendance.

History of the Program

We’re a new MFA, but we’ve been a successful and respected Creative Writing Program since 1975—a “sleeper” program, as one guide to MFA programs called us. The people who founded the CW program at UC Davis were all lovers and teachers of literature, and chose to call the program an MA, rather than an MFA because they wanted to ensure that the degree would not be seen as a “studio” degree but one in which the study of literature was integral. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, most often under the leadership of Jack Hicks and Alan Williamson, the program emphasized writing on the American West and the wilderness. Our high profile faculty included Sandra McPherson, Gary Snyder, Sandra Gilbert, Clarence Major, Katherine Vaz, Elizabeth Tallent, Max Byrd, and Louis Owens.

We also created an introductory sequence of workshops taught by graduate students, which has become one of the highlights of the program for the second years who teach the courses and the undergraduates who take them. There’s more to teaching these courses than learning to teach; teaching helps our writers understand their own writing in ways that no other aspect of a writing program can do. Pam Houston joined the program in the early 2000’s and she led a faculty that included Lynn Freed and Yiyun Li. As an MFA, we remain a place that values sustained literary study as core to the making of art, but we’re also allowing our vision of genre to expand and embrace the other arts and media.

The town of Davis began as "Davisville," a small stop on the Southern Pacific railway between Sacramento and the Bay Area. Some of our graduate students choose to live in Sacramento or the Bay Area, making use of the commute-by-train option, which is still very much in place. For those commuting by car, Davis is a 15-25 minute drive from Sacramento and a 60-90 minute drive from the Bay Area.

Students also choose to live in Davis itself, which CNN once ranked the second most educated city in the US. Davis is a college town of about 75,000 people. Orchards, farms and ranches border it on all sides. The town boasts a legendary twice-weekly farmers market (complete with delicious food trucks and live music). Bike and walking paths lead everywhere (many students prefer not to own a car while they are here) and there are copious amounts of planned green space in every subdivision. The flatness of the land makes Davis ideal for biking, and the city over the past 5 decades has installed bike lanes and bike racks all over town. In fact, in 2006, Bicycling Magazine , in its compilation of "America's Best Biking Cities," named Davis the best small town for cycling. Packed with coffee houses, bookstores, and restaurants that serve cuisine from every continent, Downtown Davis has a casual vibe. It’s a great place to hole up and write. Davis is filled with hard wood trees, and flower and vegetable gardens, and wild ducks and turkeys walk the campus as if they own the place. It’s a gentle place to live. Although summers get quite hot, the other three seasons are mild, and each, in their own way, quite beautiful. For more about the town, check out the Davis Wikipedia page .

Woodland and Winters, two small towns close by to Davis, are also options for housing—and they’re good options for those who are not so desirous of the college town scene. Yet another option is to live in the scenic rural areas Davis is surrounded by.

To the west of Davis, Lake Berryessa and the Napa valley are close by. To the east, the Sierra mountains are close by; Reno and Tahoe are just a couple hours drive in that direction.

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Creative Writing Minor

Courses in creative writing, courses that satisfy the creative writing requirements.

Five approved upper-division courses are required, consisting of three courses in creative writing and two courses in literature. These courses may be taken in any of the departments that offer them. See Requirements .

Courses in both creative writing and literature are sometimes listed in the Berkeley Academic Guide under very general headings (“Topics in ________” or “Special Topics”). Students may be allowed to include courses that are not on the following list with approval of the Creative Writing Minor Faculty Adviser. It is the responsibility of the student to provide the Faculty Adviser with documentary evidence to support the claim of course eligibility. Contact the Creative Writing Minor Student Academic Advisor at [email protected] for more information.

To determine if a course from the list below is being offered during a specific semester, visit the Schedule of Classes or relevant term page (Spring, Summer or Fall) on the minor website.

NOTE: Three courses are required from this list. All of these courses must be taken for a letter grade. See COVID-19 P grade policies on requirements page.

African American Studies

156AC. Poetry for the People: Introduction to the Art of Poetry
158A. Poetry for the People: The Writing and Teaching of Poetry
158B. Poetry for the People Practicum
164. Spoken Word: Oral Tradition & Transformation from Poetry to Hip Hop, Standup & Beyond

Art Practice

182: Creative Writing for Artists

Asian American Studies

173. Creative Writing

College Writing Programs

130. Introduction to the Craft of Creative Writing
131. Introduction to the Craft of Creative Nonfiction
132. Introduction to the Craft of Short Fiction
133. Introduction to the Craft of Dramatic Writing
140B. Seminar-Workshop in Creative Writing
141. Seminar-Workshop on Creative Writing: The Novel
175. Players, Spectators & Fanatics: Writing on the Cultures of Sports

Creative Writing

120. Reading and Writing Poetry
130. Creative Prose

East Asian Languages & Cultures

115. Knowing Others, and Being Known: The Art of Writing People
125: The Art of Writing: Writing the Limits of Empathy
141. Modes of Writing (Exposition, Fiction, Verse, Etc.)
143A. Short Fiction
143B. Verse
143C. Long Narrative
143E. Playwriting
143N. Prose Nonfiction
143T. Poetry Translation Workshop

Environmental Design

101A. Writing about Environmental Design: Short Compositions (3 or 4 units only)
101B. Writing about Environmental Design: Longer Compositions (3 or 4 units only)

Film and Media Studies

180. Introduction to Screenwriting
181. Screenwriting
182. TV Writing
139. Creative Writing in French

Native American Studies

150. Native American Narratives

Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

139A. Fundamentals of Playwriting
139B. Playwriting

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Creative Writing

Graduate Studies

Master of Fine Arts

The UC Davis graduate creative writing program is a two-year master of fine arts degree rooted in the study and creation of literature that reaches toward the other arts with the goal of presenting students with a wide range of aesthetic approaches and models for being a writer. Students may specialize in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, as well as multi‐genre, multi‐media, or hybrid forms of literary art.

Graduate Program Requirements

Contact information.

Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) (ARB001.1)

Selection rank	Delivery mode	Location	Duration
60	On campus	Bruce, Canberra	3.0 years
Faculty	Discipline(s)	Available teaching periods	UAC code
Faculty of Arts and Design	School of Arts and Communications		362004
Fees		English language requirements

English language requirements

There are non-standard English language requirements for this course. To be eligible you must have an overall IELTS Academic score (or equivalent) of 6.0, a score of not less than 7.0 in both reading and writing, and no band score below 6.0. For alternate/equivalent ways of meeting the English requirements for this course please view the English Proficiency Requirements document on the university website.

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Delivery mode

Blended : Mixture of online and on campus units are available.

On campus : Units are delivered on campus.

Online: All units are online.

Online Plus: Units are available online, except where attendance at a physical location is required for placement or professional accreditation.

All course material is developed and delivered via the location listed. Online units do not require on campus attendance.

Selection rank

The selection rank is the minimum ATAR plus adjustment factors required for admission to the program in the previous year. This is an indicative guide only as ranks change each year depending on demand.

Fees disclaimer

Annual fee rates

The fees shown are the annual fee rates for the course. The annual rate is the fee that applies to standard full-time enrolment, which is 24 credit points. The final fee charged is based on the proportion of 24 credit points in which a student enrols. Students enrolled in a Commonwealth Support Place (CSP) are required to make a contribution towards the cost of their education, which is set by the Commonwealth Government. Information on Commonwealth Supported Places, HECS-HELP and how fees are calculated can be found here .

Please note: Course fees are assessed annually and are subject to change.

Academic entry requirements	Delivery mode	Location	Duration
	On campus	Bruce, Canberra	3.0 years
Faculty	Discipline(s)	Available teaching periods	CRICOS code
Faculty of Arts and Design	School of Arts and Communications		095562B
Fees		English language requirements

Academic entry requirements

To study at UC, you’ll need to meet our academic entry requirements and any admission requirements specific to your course. Please read your course admission requirements below. To find out whether you meet UC’s academic entry requirements, visit our academic entry requirements page.

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About this course

Explore your creativity with australia’s most established writing program.

The University of Canberra’s writing program is the oldest of its kind in Australia, with a long and established record of excellence. The Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) is staffed by award-winning, industry-active novelists, poets, screenwriters, editors and publishers who’ll help you emerge from your degree with an impressive portfolio of dynamic, creative and professional work.

You’ll have the opportunity to experiment in different modes of creative writing, including prose fiction, poetry, writing for young people, screenwriting and narrative non-fiction. You’ll learn to build narratives, craft language and hone your critical skills, and will graduate with a broad and flexible set of skills and knowledge.

Study a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) at UC and you will:

employ narrative and the crafting of language to solve problems
engage with communities, and invent new ways of navigating professional and cultural environments
compose imaginative fiction, non-fiction, poetic and screen-based works
work individually, collaboratively and ethically while building professional relationships in the creative and cultural sectors.

Work Integrated Learning

Work Integrated Learning is at the very centre of the Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing). You’ll learn from industry-active professionals and world-class scholars and work and study in real-world situations through project work, internships, professional experience and mentorships.

You’ll complete units designed to help you develop the professional skills essential for employment in the creative industries, and will have the opportunity to participate in international work and study experiences as part of your degree. Past Creative Writing internships have included placements with the ACT Writers Centre, the Canberra Writers Festival, and the International Poetry Studies Institute – a research facility which is part of the University of Canberra.

Career opportunities

Screenwriter
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Communications manager
Media analyst
Technical writer
Web content manager

Course-specific information

Standard entry to this course is by selection rank, but a portfolio entry is also possible.

High-achieving students may be eligible for enrolment in the Bachelor of Arts and Design (Honours).

Admission requirements

Admission to this course is based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means: - Year 12 ATAR - other Australian Qualification - work experience - overseas qualification We also offer a number of entry initiatives that give you the opportunity to gain entry to the University via alternate pathway programs and admissions schemes. More information is available on our Alternative Entry page: http://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/applications/apply-now/alternative-entry

Assumed knowledge

Periods course is open for new admissions.

Year	Location	Teaching period	Teaching start date
2024	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 1	05 February 2024
2024	Bruce, Canberra	Winter Term	27 May 2024
2024	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 2	29 July 2024
2025	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 1	03 February 2025
2025	Bruce, Canberra	Winter Term	26 May 2025
2025	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 2	28 July 2025
2026	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 1	02 February 2026
2026	Bruce, Canberra	Winter Term	25 May 2026
2026	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 2	27 July 2026

Credit arrangements

A credit transfer arrangement is available for this course for the following institutions:

Other Australian Tafe

University Of Canberra College

Course requirements

Bachelor of arts (creative writing) (arb001) | 72 credit points.

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Open Electives - 24 credit points from the following

- Must pass 24 credit points from anywhere in the University, as a breadth major, a breadth minor and/or as individual units.
- We strongly recommend Creative Writing students consider devoting 4 of their open electives to the Breadth Minor in Literary Studies (BN0002)

Required - 48 credit points as follows

Core Major in Arts (CM0001) | 24 credit points

Required - Must pass 18 credit points as follows

Restricted Choice - Must pass 6 credit points from the following

From 2022 units 11017 and 11018 are no longer available. Students must select two units from 11829, 11830, 11832 and 11833.

Specialist Major in Creative Writing (SM0001) | 24 credit points

Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows

In addition to course requirements, in order to successfully complete your course you must meet the inherent requirements. Please refer to the inherent requirements statement applicable to your course

Typical study pattern

Uc - canberra, bruce.

Standard Full Time, Semester 1 Commencing

Arts Core Major Unit OR Open Elective Unit

Arts Core Major Unit

Open Elective Unit

11829 Professional Practice (Internships A) OR 11830 Professional Practice (Specialist Skills)

Two Open Elective Units

11832 Professional Practice (Internships B) OR 11833 Professional Practice (Industry and Creative Projects)

Standard Full Time, Semester 2 Commencing

Standard Full Time, Semester 2 Commencing From 2020

Three Open Elective Units

Standard Full Time, Winter Term Commencing

Winter Term

Course information

Course duration.

Standard 3 years full-time or equivalent. Maximum 10 years.

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes	Related graduate attributes
Employ narrative and the crafting of language to solve problems, engage with communities and invent new ways of navigating professional and cultural environments.	1.2 UC graduates are professional: communicate effectively.
Compose imaginative fiction, nonfiction, poetic and screen-based works.	2.3 UC graduates are global citizens: understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures.
Work individually, collaboratively and ethically while building professional relationships in the creative and cultural sectors.	1.4 UC graduates are professional: work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict.

Core Major in Arts (CM0001)
Specialist Major in Creative Writing (SM0001)

Award	Official abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing)	BA (CreativeWrtg)

High performing students may be eligible to enrol in the Bachelor of Arts and Design (Honours) course.

Alternative exits

Master of Arts in Creative and Cultural Futures.

Enrolment data

2023 enrolments for this course by location. Please note that enrolment numbers are indicative only and in no way reflect individual class sizes.

Location	Enrolments
UC - Canberra, Bruce	118

Student category	Contact details
Current and Commencing Students:	Email [email protected] or Phone 1300 301 727
Prospective International Students:	Email [email protected] or Phone +61 2 6201 5342
Prospective Domestic Students:	Email [email protected] or Phone 1800 UNI CAN (1800 864 226)

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Department of Creative Writing

The Department of Creative Writing at UCR offers the only Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing in the University of California system and the MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts . It is a growing and dynamic program made up entirely of established writers and poets. Courses at UCR are designed for all students in the language arts, and they emphasize developing each student's skills and talents. Through writing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and/or drama, students examine language and meaning both as practitioners and as readers as they develop and hone essential writing techniques.

Every writer needs to develop a critical sense to augment creative ability. For this reason, the Creative Writing Department offers two types of courses. Workshop courses are seminars that focus on writing and on the discussion of student work. Reading courses for writers focus on aspects of literature presented from a writer's point of view. Frequently, they employ writing in imitation as one of several approaches to understanding the craft of writing. Upper-division workshop courses are offered at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels in poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. Several reading courses link two genres such as fiction and poetry, and poetry and drama.

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Announcements

Katie Ford 's sequence of poems The Anchoress — set as a monodrama by composer David Serkin Ludwig — was performed this summer at Chamber Music Northwest.

Laila Lalami published the New York Times Magazine cover story “A State of Uncertainty” and was named a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard for 2023-2024.

Charmaine Craig ’s My Nemesis has been published this year by Grove Press.

Thalia Williamson ’s “The Silent Part” was published this summer in Joyland .

Quyen Pham ’s “Such Good Girls” was published this past spring in Room .

Emily Doyle published “Thursdays for Haru” earlier this year in the Sun.

Tom Lutz 's 1925 A Literary Encyclopedia is being published by Rare Bird Lit, and his novel Archipelago is coming out from Red Hen Press. His essay "Gravy Donuts" was published in Iowa Review .

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Allison Benis White won the 2022 Pushcart Prize and the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award.

Allison Hedge Coke was a 2022 National Book Award finalist for Look at This Blue , a 2023 finalist for CLMP Firecracker Award and ASLE Best Creative Book of the Year . Look at This Blue , was awarded the Emory Elliott Book Award by CHASS Center for Ideas and Society and Hedge Coke was awarded the 2023 Thomas Wolfe Prize & Lecture by the University of North Carolina and the [http://Thomas Wolfe Endowment Fund]Thomas Wolfe Society in fall 2023 .

Susan Straight 's Mecca was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and named a Top Ten California Book of the Year by the New York Times and one of the best books of 2022 by NPR, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.

Juan Felipe Herrera was a recent recipient of the Poetry Foundation’s Pegasus Award and the LARB/UCR lifetime achievement award. The Fresno Unified School District named its latest school Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary.

Conversations With Steve Erickson has been published by the University Press of Mississippi as part of a series that includes Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, James Baldwin, William Burroughs and Toni Morrison.

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Statement of Solidarity with the Asian American Pacific Islander Community

We are grieved by the recent killings in Atlanta, as well as by all other anti-Asian bigotry and violence, and stand in solidarity with our AAPI colleagues, students, and, more broadly, all AAPI across the nation. We stand against all anti-AAPI hate crimes, discrimination, and dehumanization, knowing that the group Stop AAPI Hate has reported 3,975 hate incidents against Asian Americans between March 19, 2020 and February 28, 2021.

To take action:

Educational resources and petitions to sign: HERE .
Report hate incidents HERE and HERE .
Attend a bystander intervention training to learn ways to stop anti-Asian American and xenophobic harassment. [ March 29 at 3 p.m. ] [ April 20 at 2 p.m. ]
Send a message to elected officials.

To learn more:

The New Yorker : Ed Park, "Confronting Anti-Asian Discrimination During the Coronavirus Crisis"
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Discrimination and Violence Against Asian Americans

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We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. The brutal killings of George Floyd in Minnesota, Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, and Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia are part of a pattern of state violence against Black people, which too often remains invisible and unpunished when it is not blamed on the victims themselves.

America’s institutionalized practice of settler colonialism, genocide, slavery, and segregation continues in the form of continued occupation, discrimination, mass incarceration, and racist policing.

The nationwide protests we are witnessing this week are an expression of anger at police violence, a rejection of white supremacy, and a call to our leaders that they live up to the nation's founding proclamation of equality. We demand accountability from the police, disinvestment from law enforcement in favor of education, housing, and community services, and, above all, justice for the victims.

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We acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the original and traditional territory of Tongva people [ Tongva and Cahuilla people] and within Tongva, Cahuilla, Luiseño & Serrano original lands and contemporary territories.

In the spirit of Rupert and Jeanette Costo’s founding relationship to our campus, we would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of this land, water and air: the Cahuilla , Tongva , Luiseño , and Serrano peoples and all of their ancestors and descendants, past, present and future. Today this meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world, including UCR faculty, students, and staff, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these homelands. Please also visit our university founder's legacy page, Cahuilla Scholar Rupert Costo , California Indian Studies & Scholars Association , UCR's California Center for Native Nations , Native American Student Programs (NASP), and the page of UCR's Rupert Costo Chair, Dr. Clifford Trafzer .

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Professional creative writing - literary genres in book publishing certificate, admission requirements.

Terms and Deadlines

Degree and GPA Requirements

Prerequisites

Additional standards for non-native english speakers, additional standards for international applicants.

For the 2024-2025 academic year

Fall 2024 quarter (beginning in September)

Final submission deadline: July 26, 2024

International submission deadline: June 4, 2024

Winter 2025 quarter (beginning in January)

Final submission deadline: November 22, 2024

International submission deadline: September 9, 2024

Spring 2025 quarter (beginning in March)

Final submission deadline: February 14, 2025

International submission deadline: December 9, 2024

Summer 2025 quarter (beginning in June)

Final submission deadline: May 2, 2025

International submission deadline: February 24, 2025

Final submission deadline: Applicants cannot submit applications after the final submission deadline.

Degrees and GPA Requirements

Bachelors degree: All graduate applicants must hold an earned baccalaureate from a regionally accredited college or university or the recognized equivalent from an international institution.

Grade point average: The minimum undergraduate GPA for admission consideration for graduate study at the University of Denver is a cumulative 2.5 on a 4.0 scale or a 2.5 on a 4.0 scale for the last 60 semester credits or 90 quarter credits (approximately two years of work) for the baccalaureate degree. An earned master’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution supersedes the minimum standards for the baccalaureate. For applicants with graduate coursework but who have not earned a master’s degree or higher, the GPA from the graduate work may be used to meet the requirement. The minimum GPA is a cumulative 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for all graduate coursework undertaken.

Program GPA requirement: The minimum undergraduate GPA for admission consideration for this program is a cumulative 2.5 on a 4.0 scale

Applicant must have successfully completed or be admitted to the Denver Publishing Institute course.

Official scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International English Language Testing System (IELTS), C1 Advanced or Duolingo English Test are required of all graduate applicants, regardless of citizenship status, whose native language is not English or who have been educated in countries where English is not the native language. Your TOEFL/IELTS/C1 Advanced/Duolingo English Test scores are valid for two years from the test date.

The minimum TOEFL/IELTS/C1 Advanced/Duolingo English Test score requirements for this degree program are:

Minimum TOEFL Score (Internet-based test): 80 with minimum of 20 on each subscore

Minimum IELTS Score: 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 on each band score

Minimum C1 Advanced Score: 176

Minimum Duolingo English Test Score: 115 with a subscore minimum of 105 for Literacy, Comprehension, and Conversation and minimum subscore of 95 for Production

English Conditional Acceptance Offered: No, this program does not offer English Conditional Admission.

Read the English Language Proficiency policy for more details.

Read the Required Tests for GTA Eligibility policy for more details.

Per Student & Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) regulation, international applicants must meet all standards for admission before an I-20 or DS-2019 is issued, [per U.S. Federal Register: 8 CFR § 214.3(k)] or is academically eligible for admission and is admitted [per 22 C.F.R. §62]. Read the Additional Standards For International Applicants policy for more details.

Application Materials

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Writing Sample

We require a scanned copy of your transcripts from every college or university you have attended. Scanned copies must be clearly legible and sized to print on standard 8½-by-11-inch paper. Transcripts that do not show degrees awarded must also be accompanied by a scanned copy of the diploma or degree certificate. If your academic transcripts were issued in a language other than English, both the original documents and certified English translations are required.

Transcripts and proof of degree documents for postsecondary degrees earned from institutions outside of the United States will be released to a third-party international credential evaluator to assess U.S. education system equivalencies. Beginning July 2023, a non-refundable fee for this service will be required before the application is processed.

Upon admission to the University of Denver, official transcripts will be required from each institution attended.

Résumé Instructions

The résumé (or C.V.) should include work experience, research, and/or volunteer work.

Writing Sample Instructions

Graduate Certificates in Professional Creative Writing require a sample of your creative writing, preferably in the genre of the certificate to which you are applying. The sample may comprise 2-3 double-spaced pages of prose (fiction or creative nonfiction), 30-40 single- or double-spaced lines of poetry, or 1-2 single-spaced pages of dramatic writing (monologue, play, or screenplay). NOTE: Applicants may submit the personal statement from their Denver Publishing Institute application to satisfy the writing sample requirement.

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Application Fee: $50.00 Application Fee

International Degree Evaluation Fee: $50.00 Evaluation Fee for degrees (bachelor's or higher) earned from institutions outside the United States.

Applicants should complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by February 15. Visit the Office of Financial Aid for additional information.

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Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Program overview.

Named one of the “Five Innovative/Unique Programs” creative writing programs by The Atlantic , the master of fine arts in creative writing is one of two programs offered by UNLV’s Creative Writing International Program with genre concentrations in fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry. By providing an innovative curriculum and fostering an educational environment where students can perfect their art, our graduates become globally-engaged writers that demonstrate socially-engaged and active writing practices.

Program Outcomes

Students receive a strong theoretical foundation in their selected genre concentration, as well as an appreciation for the art and theory across various genres, thereby expanding their creative abilities. Moreover, they develop a nuanced understanding of canonical contexts and the historical evolution of literature, which provides valuable insights into new writing. Through exposure to international writing and literary translation, students cultivate a practical appreciation for diverse linguistic traditions beyond English, enriching their creative perspectives.

A high percentage of our graduates have widely published fiction, literary nonfiction, journalism, and poetry with mainstream presses, indie presses, and nationally esteemed venues such as:

W. W. Norton & Company
Grove Press
The Best American Poetry
McSweeney’s
The New York Times
The Los Angeles Times

Program Structure

Our students follow a three-year course of study that includes writing workshops, genre forms courses, literature classes, a residency abroad, completion of a literary translation, and completion of a book-length manuscript that meets the standard of publishable works. Students also have the opportunity for teacher training and practical experience in literary publishing.

Additionally, our department, in partnership with the Black Mountain Institute, offers the Doctorate of Philosophy in English with a Creative Dissertation, supported by a graduate assistantship combined with the Black Mountain Institute fellowship.

Program Funding

All MFA students are fully funded by UNLV and the Black Mountain Institute (BMI) for three years of study towards their degrees.

Graduate Assistantships of $21,000/year
Opportunities for additional funding from BMI
In-state tuition
Student health insurance.

Duties for the Graduate Assistantship are 20 hours per week, usually fulfilled through a combination of teaching, tutoring in the Writing Center, and working for English Department or Black Mountain Institute publications.

Our Faculty

Maile chapman, ph.d..

Wendy Chen, Ph.D.

Claudia Keelan

Roberto Lovato

David Morris, MFA

Douglas A. Unger

The MFA Student Experience

The UNLV creative writing program offers a supportive and immersive experience to its students. From day one, students become part of a vibrant community of writers where creativity thrives and collaboration flourishes. Whether students aspire to publish their writing, pursue further study, or embark on diverse career paths within the literary world, UNLV provides the resources, support, and community they need to thrive and succeed.

Activities and Events With the Black Mountain Institute

The UNLV Department of English has a longstanding relationship with the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute (BMI). This allows our students to receive opportunities to engage in creative and literary activities with visiting BMI fellows in socially meaningful literary events for the city of Las Vegas and its greater community. Recent BMI fellows and national and international award-winning visitors include:

Percival Everett
Melissa Febos
Layli Long Soldier
Jaquira Díaz
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

See the Black Mountain Institute's website for more information.

Academic and Literary Journals

The creative writing concentration helps students develop their writing craft and critical thinking skills through a workshop setting and literature courses. It equips them with professional skills for various industries and prepares them for graduate studies in English and creative writing.

Founded by M.F.A. alumna Kat Kruse in 2010, Neon Lit is a completely student-run reading series featuring writing of students currently in the Creative Writing programs at UNLV. Events are held on the last Friday of each month usually at the Writer’s Block, an independent bookstore and community center in downtown Las Vegas. See Neon Lit’s website and YouTube Channel for more information.

Writing Series

Breakout writers series.

The “Breakout Writers Series” or Emerging Writers Series features writers just emerging on the literary scene. Writers who visit and read for this series are chosen entirely by the students in the M.F.A. and Ph.D. programs.

Alumni Reading Series

The yearly Alumni Reading Series celebrates the literary successes of graduates of the program. Recent alumni readers include Marianne Chan, Jean Chen Ho, Clancy McGilligan, Alissa Nutting, Juan Martínez, Sasha Steensen, and Mani Rao.

Admission Requirements

Fiction: 20-30 pages
Literary nonfiction: 20-30 pages
Poetry: 10-15 pages
A letter of application to the Graduate Committee detailing a statement of purpose and reasons for choosing UNLV
Official transcripts from all previously attended colleges or universities
Two letters of recommendation

Applicants must choose the International Focus subplan, unless they have already been accepted to the Peace Corps Master's International Partnership program.

International Applicants

Each year, our program admits several international writers with high competency in writing in English that immensely contribute to our literary community. Our diverse student body fosters a rich exchange of ideas and perspectives, creating a dynamic learning environment that prepares graduates for success in the global literary landscape. Furthermore, UNLV's creative writing program values inclusivity and encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds and life experiences to contribute to the vibrant tapestry of voices within our community.

Creative Writing Undergraduate Courses

Regularly offered.

ENGL 2010 Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry & Prose Students will be introduced to various forms of poetry and prose, study the literary genres from a writerly perspective, and develop skills needed in the writing of poetry and prose through exercises, writing, creative research, workshopping, and evaluating both published works and works of their classmates.

ENGL 2011 Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction Writing of short stories; examination and discussion in class of students’ work; assigned readings for history, theory of the short story, and critical analysis.

ENGL 2013 Introduction to Literary Nonfiction Students will further develop their knowledge of creative nonfiction writing, studying the genre from a writerly perspective, and develop skills needed in the writing of creative nonfiction through exercises, writing, creative research, workshopping full-length essays, and reading both published works and those of their classmates. ENGL 2015 Introduction to Screenwriting This course is an introduction to studying, learning, and practicing screenwriting techniques. Students will learn about film and television screenplay structure, analyze dramatic strategies in film and television, learn and apply correct script form, and creatively engage in the various stages of original scriptwriting.

ENGL 2017 Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry Writing of poetry; examination and discussion in class of students’ work; assigned readings for history, theory of poetry, and critical analysis.

ENGL 3032 Music and Poetry Music has an essential connection to poetry, a shared dependence on rhythm, but too often the two genres are separated and their relationship ignored. This course will reunite these two branches of what Lessing calls “the temporal arts” and examine how they have complemented each other since antiquity. As Ezra Pound remarks, poetry “atrophies...when it gets too far from music.” In this course, students will read lyric poems and song lyrics by a wide range of poets from many different periods, concentrating on their poetic techniques and verbal effects. They will watch and listen to performances of the songs and analyze how the words operate within the confines of musical structures. They will investigate poetic and musical forms such as traditional ballads, blues, fugues, sonatas, and jazz, as well as the many varieties of song form. They will learn how deeply poetry is rooted in music. They will learn about poetic movements such as Symbolism, Surrealism, the Harlem Renaissance, Confessional Poetry, and the Beats. They will write poems and songs of their own, making use of techniques and devices learned in this class.

ENGL 3049 Creative Writing and Social Change This is a writing and reading course that explores how creative writing has the power to shape and influence social and political change. This class combines traditional methods of literary and cultural analysis with a balance of creative writing workshops in literary nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, and explores the ways in which creative writers can address pressing social issues. From essays, narrative nonfiction, and investigative journalism to novels and poetry, we will explore how writing can expose injustice and support new ways of thinking about social and political issues. This course combines critical, analytical discussions, creative writing workshops, and service learning with a local literary arts organization or a related organization to give students an integrated, experiential learning opportunity. Students will conduct brief research and use the writing process to explore and critique a current social issue.

ENGL 3079 Creative Writing and the Environment Students will explore how creative writing engages, interrogates, reveals, and impacts environmental issues and concerns: What are the ways in which fiction writers, poets, nonfiction writers, and screenwriters can address pressing U.S. and global environmental issues? How does creative writing inform and help shape public and institutional debate? Can it, directly or indirectly, affect environmental policy? Whether through short stories, essays, poems, or other forms, we will explore how writing can expose current environmental topics and concerns and support new ways of thinking about the environment. This course combines critical, analytical discussions, creative writing workshops, and involvement with a local environmental organization or a related organization to give students an integrated, experiential learning opportunity. Students will conduct research to learn about new topics; use the writing process to explore and critique a topical environmental issue; and examine the landscapes that they know best through creative writing exercises.

ENGL 3096 Creative Writing and Literary Publishing Students will develop practical, hands-on skills related to editing, producing, and promoting the online literary magazine Short Vine, the undergraduate literary journal of The University of Cincinnati. We will focus on the art and craft of evaluating and editing fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, art, and photography as well as layout, production, and all the business aspects of publishing a literary journal including subscriptions, marketing, and distribution, as well as creating a stronger online presence. This course also provides an introduction to the larger literary market, and we will discuss the process of building a career as a writer, including topics such as literary contests, colonies and conferences, agents and editors, book production, readings, marketing, and the publishing environment overall. In addition to producing Short Vine, students will gain substantial experience in editing and preparing manuscripts of their own creative work and learn how to submit work for publication.

ENGL 3085 Forms of Poetry The first aim of this class is to build the vocabulary and knowledge students need to read like writers. The second aim of this class is to examine closely some of the structural possibilities for poetry writing. Students will do extensive reading of both poetry and the analysis of poetry. Writing assignments may include imitations of others’ writing and analyses of one’s own writing.

ENGL 3086 Forms of Fiction The first aim of this class is to build the vocabulary and knowledge students need to read like writers. The second aim of this class is to examine closely some of the structural possibilities for fiction writing. Students will do extensive reading of both fiction and analysis of fiction. Writing assignments may include imitations of others’ writing and analyses of one’s own writing.

ENGL 3087 Forms of Literary Nonfiction The first aim of this class is to build the vocabulary and knowledge students need to read like writers. The second aim of this class is to examine closely some of the structural possibilities for creative nonfiction writing. Students will do extensive reading of both creative nonfiction and analysis of creative nonfiction. Writing assignments may include imitations of others’ writing and analyses of one’s own writing.

ENGL 4012 Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction Students will develop skills needed in the writing of fiction through exercises, writing and workshopping full-length stories, and reading both published works and those of their classmates.

ENGL 5112 Senior Writing Seminar: Fiction Students write, read, and critique fiction at an advanced level, analyzing the various elements of fiction as those elements interact in the work.

ENGL 5114 Senior Writing Seminar: Creative Writing and Research This capstone course is appropriate for students working in any genre of creative writing. The course will expand the possibilities available to students as writers of fiction, nonfiction, and/or poetry by showing them how to seek out new subject matter. In other words, students will learn to research before they write. That research might take many forms: reading archival materials, touring a historic home or exploring a nearby town, interviewing a family member about her childhood or her job, exploring a scientific theory. Students will practice different approaches to research; read published work informed by it; generate stories, essays, and/or poems inspired by their own research; and analyze the work of their peers.

ENGL 5115 Senior Writing Seminar: Hybrid Forms This capstone creative-writing class is ideal for students who prefer working in multiple genres, in cross-genre forms, or in innovative and experimental modes. The course will explore the history, current landscape, and future possibilities of working in mixed-genre and interdisciplinary forms. Mixed-genre forms pull together two different genres – for instance, poetry and prose coexist in texts like Matsuo Basho’s The Narrow Road to the Interior , a “haibun”, or Jean Toomer’s Cane , a novel written in prose poems and songs. Interdisciplinary forms borrow structure and/or function from other genres and disciplines, and may take many forms (tweets, telegrams, footnotes, billboards, video games, films, postcards, websites, decks of cards, etc.). Students will engage critically with many examples of hybrid forms, as well as creating their own hybrid projects and technically analyzing those, and those of their peers.

ENGL 5117 Senior Writing Seminar: Poetry In this culminating course in the poetry sequence, students write and workshop poems at the advanced level while reading and studying diverse texts of poetry to refine and challenge their ideas about the craft. Students draft and revise their own poems and contribute to the collective workshop format.

Occasionally Offered

Be on the lookout for these special courses. ENGL 2027 Introduction to Creative Writing: Drama Writing of drama; examination and discussion in class of students’ work; assigned readings for history, theory of drama, and critical analysis.

ENGL 3015 Poetry and Sound Poetry and Sound will trace the growing focus placed upon considerations of both sound and media in contemporary poetics. Potential areas of study might include performance and sound poetry, voice, aura and phonetics as well as audio documentation and dissemination of poetry through various media.

ENGL 3022 Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy This course will explore the trends, themes, and techniques crucial to the writing of science fiction, fantasy, and related subgenres. Students will read published work, comment on classmates’ work, and produce short fiction in the genres.

ENGL 3023 Writing the Mystery This course will explore trends, themes, and techniques in contemporary mystery writing. Students will read published detective fiction, thrillers, and other variations on the mystery genre, comment on classmates’ work, and produce their own mystery-driven fiction.

ENGL 3025 Writing Historical Fiction This course will explore trends, themes, and techniques in contemporary historical fiction. Students will read published work set in a variety of eras, discuss the motivations and purposes of historical fiction, research a time and place of their choice, and produce their own work set in another time.

ENGL 3026 Writing Fiction with a Global Vision This course will explore trends, themes, and techniques in contemporary international fiction, with an eye toward broadening the scope of students’ fictional vision. Students will read a variety of international authors, discuss issues in global culture, and produce their own border-crossing fiction.

ENGL 3027 Writing Comic Fiction This course will explore trends, themes, and techniques in contemporary comic fiction. Students will read comic short fiction and novels and essays on the comic, discuss theories of humor’s effects and how to generate it, and produce their own comic fiction. ENGL 3028 Memoir as Literature Memoir as Literature will introduce students to the field of memoir studies and provide them with an overview of the various debates surrounding the genre and its history. This course might focus on a number of different forms of memoir, including but not limited to Holocaust narratives, women's memoir, non-fiction accounts of illness, and "fake" memoirs.

ENGL 3030 Writing the Love Poem In this course, students will read and analyze poetic and critical works on or about love, acquiring knowledge of the literary forms, traditions and trends of love poetry, and the ethical, philosophical, and cultural issues involved in works of literature that have love as its central subject. Students will also write original poetic works and engage in critical discussion of their own and their classmates’ poems.

ENGL 3031 The Poet as Actor: Persona and Voice in Poetry This class introduces students to the use of persona as a means of empathy, self-exploration, interpretation, and disguise. The term “persona” originally referred to masks used to represent the characters in ancient Greek drama. In poetry, the word identifies a kind of poem in which the poet speaks for someone other than herself through a “mask” drawn from myth, the Bible, historical events, events of daily life, fairy tales, and even, in the case of Louise Gluck, common garden flowers. A persona poem can enable the poet to speak in a more genuine way, or about a difficult subject, by drawing over herself a poetic “veil.” Because persona is related to the dramatic monologue, students will read monologues taken from a range of exemplary plays. A convincing persona is a well-wrought character; therefore, character as a fictional element will be examined. Students will read poems in diverse voices to learn how diction and syntax are manipulated to create a unique voice. Method acting, one means by which actors gain entrance to characters, will be studied, as will the use of self-disguise by contemporary photographers such as Cindy Sherman. Course readings will include persona poems by a range of poets including Robert Browning, Randal Jarrell, John Berryman, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Louise Gluck, and Ai, to name a very few. Students will write poems employing a variety of poetic techniques to learn how the human personality can be realized as a literary construct.

ENGL 3033 Writing Prose Poetry and Flash Fiction This course will explore the related cross-genre forms of prose poetry and its newer variant, flash fiction (a.k.a. short short fiction, microfiction, etc.), analyzing the characteristics each genre shares and what differentiates them. In addition to reading literary works in each genre, students will experiment with writing their own pieces in these forms and consider the role of characterization, plot, imagery, and music in each. ENGL 3034 Audiopoetics This is a companion workshop to Poetry and Sound (ENGL 3015), which is largely a literature course with a small creative component. In this course, students will read, listen to, and view a variety of texts whose composition places special emphasis on sound, media, performance, or technology, then create works of their own which reflect these preoccupations. Work produced will include both written texts and audio pieces, and the class will include training in the use of audio editing software. ENGL 3053 Writing Fiction in the Digital Age In this fiction workshop, we will embrace and explore technology's influence on the ways we tell and experience stories. We will examine and experiment with the narrative possibilities of forms made possible by technology, such as video games, storytelling on social media, fan fiction, and/or transmedia narratives. Students will produce a variety of narratives, which might include stories written through collaboration, or with character limits, inclusion of audio and visual components, and/or choice-driven narratives.

ENGL 3054 Creative Writing Pedagogy This course is designed to offer future educators a variety of approaches to the teaching of creative writing. In this class, students will learn about the forms and techniques of creative writing and then practice how best to communicate that knowledge to their own students. The course will encompass the technical (how to create a character, how to write a sonnet); the practical (how to manage the creative writing workshop, whether and how to grade creative work); the aesthetic (how to discuss beauty and self-expression); and the ethical (how creative writing teaches empathy, how its concerns overlap with social justice aims). Assignments will include creative writing exercises, lesson plans, and teaching demonstrations.

ENGL 3055 Creative Writing from Real Life Life experience is the raw material for the writer of fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry, and writers are continually observing and examining their own lives and the lives of others. Writers also engage in personal and creative ways with contemporary conflicts and concerns, such as politics or war, and with other disciplines, such as anthropology, history, journalism, medicine, and psychology. How does a writer develop creative material from real life? How do we write about other people in our lives? How do we tell family stories? What do writers owe their subjects? In this class, students will consider the potential for creative forms to capture difficult social and emotional issues and the ethical and aesthetic concerns that come up when we write about our own lives and the lives of others. The assignments will include creative work that explores contemporary events, history, and/or students' own lives.

ENGL 3056 Writing Comic Poetry and Prose This course will provide a guided tour of some of the funniest poems, stories, essays, and/or drama ever written in English. Genres covered will include light verse, satire, parody, absurdism (“nonsense”), and others. We’ll explore the serious side of comic writing and vice versa. Students will have the opportunity to write their own comic pieces in the genres discussed.

ENGL 3102 Podcasting and Audio Storytelling We are living in “a new golden age” of storytelling, according to New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead, “in the form of the podcast.” Mead cites a study conducted by Edison Research, which found that nearly a quarter of Americans listen to podcasts at least once a month. The number seems only to be increasing. The podcast has taken the kind of audio storytelling popularized by shows like "This American Life" and "RadioLab" on public radio, as well as the growing interest in audiobooks and even the old “War of the Worlds” broadcasts, and made storytelling widely available online in fascinating new formats, allowing for exciting new projects and premises. From "Welcome to Nightvale" to "Serial" or "The Daily" and beyond, podcasts have made their way more deeply and more broadly into our lives, into our cultural conversations, and into our social consciousness. Furthermore, many of America’s favorite writers have gotten their start or their big break in this forum, including people like David Sedaris, Mike Birbiglia, and Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams, whose WNYC podcast “Two Dope Queens” is now an ongoing HBO series. Furthermore, podcasts have created new opportunities for writers and journalists from Anderson Cooper to Snoop Dogg to do something different and more personal, more intimate, and more self-driven. It’s a versatile and popular medium for fiction and nonfiction storytelling and artistic performance. In this class, students will learn how to produce these kinds of audio stories. We will do this through analysis of professional podcasts as well as the study of interviewing and research techniques, story development, and script writing. Students will explore the entire podcast-production process and learn to use sound recording, mixing, editing, and production principles and technologies, while being encouraged to develop their own personal projects and cultivate their own voices and styles.

ENGL 4013 Intermediate Literary Nonfiction Students will develop skills needed in the writing of creative nonfiction through exercises, writing, learning creative nonfiction research techniques, workshopping full-length essays, and reading both published works and those of their classmates.

ENGL 4017 Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry This course, part of the Creative Writing Poetry Track of the English major, develops and hones aspects of the craft of poetry. Students read and analyze a diverse selection of published poems, using these poems as models for their own work with the craft, and generate and revise their work in a workshop setting.

ENGL 5113 Senior Writing Seminar: Literary Nonfiction Students write, read, and critique creative nonfiction at an advanced level, analyzing the various elements of creative nonfiction as those elements interact in the work.

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Use the form to search UC's web site for pages, programs, directory profiles and more. College of Arts and Sciences Arts & Sciences. Programs and Degrees Majors; Minors & Certificates ... The creative writing certificate is designed for students who wish to write poems, fiction, or nonfiction, to improve their writing and abilities through ...
Creative Writing
creative writing courses,creative writing programs. New Campus Location: As of June 17th, 2024, we have moved to our brand-new campus at 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, directly across the street from UC San Diego. Student Services and International Programs are on-site and ready to assist students.
Creative Writing Courses & Certificates
Creative Writing Certificate. Develop your skills in the genre of your choice, including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and more. This customizable program culminates in a capstone project where you will make significant progress on a polished collection of work. Taught by a prestigious roster of instructors who are published writers and ...
Creative Writing
1. At least two of the three writing courses must be taken at UC Berkeley. Students may be allowed to include courses that are not on the following lists with the approval of the creative writing minor faculty advisor. It is the responsibility of the student to provide the faculty advisor with documentary evidence to support the claim of course ...
Exploring Creative Writing
ENGLISH X438. Get an overview of common forms and genres of written self-expression, including personal essay/memoir, poetry, short fiction and novel. You experiment and discover in a safe environment. The course curriculum helps you learn and practice a variety of genres, forms and styles toward further developing your skills as a creative writer.
Creative Writing Application
Video #1 - Watch this video to learn more about creative writing courses & why they are called "workshops". ... UC Davis College of Letters and Science / Voorhies Hall One Shields Avenue / University of California / Davis, CA 95616 Phone: 530-752-2257 / Fax: 530-752-5013
The Art and Craft of Creative Writing
Course Number: WCWP-40107. Credit: 3.00 unit (s) Related Certificate Programs: Creative Writing. There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Arts, Humanities, Languages & Digital Arts department at 858-534-5760 or [email protected] for information about when this course will be offered again.
Creative Writing, Minor < University of California Irvine
Creative Writing, Minor. The Department of English offers a minor in Creative Writing open to undergraduates across the UCI campus, giving them the opportunity to receive instruction and practice in the craft of prose fiction and poetry, and to learn the literary tradition of these art forms in English. The minor consists of workshop courses ...
Creative Writing Minor
The Minor. The Creative Writing Minor Program at the University of California, Berkeley is offered by the Office of Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Division of Undergraduate Studies of the College of Letters and Science. The approved courses students take to satisfy the minor course requirements are offered by over thirty ...
MFA in Creative Writing
Phone: 530-752-2257 / Fax: 530-752-5013. Dept Chair: Claire Waters / Email: [email protected] / Phone: 530-752-1696. Advising Questions: See. About the ProgramOur innovative MFA program includes both studio instruction and literature courses. Writers can take workshop courses in any genre, and they can write a thesis in fiction, nonfiction ...
Courses in Creative Writing
Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies. 139A. Fundamentals of Playwriting. 139B. Playwriting. The Creative Writing Minor is offered by the Office of Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Undergraduate Division of the College of Letters and Science. The courses students take to satisfy the minor course requirements are offered by ...
Creative Writing
The UC Davis graduate creative writing program is a two-year master of fine arts degree rooted in the study and creation of literature that reaches toward the other arts with the goal of presenting students with a wide range of aesthetic approaches and models for being a writer. Students may specialize in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, as well as multi‐genre, multi‐media, or hybrid forms of ...
Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing)
Contact details. Prospective Domestic Students: Email [email protected] or Phone 1800 UNI CAN (1800 864 226) Prospective International Students: Email [email protected] or Phone +61 2 6201 5342. Current and Commencing Students: Email [email protected] or Phone 1300 301 727.
Minor in Creative Writing
Contact English. 435 Humanities Instructional Building. Irvine, CA 92697. Phone: (949) 824-6712. Email: [email protected]. Engage. The minor in Creative Writing welcomes undergraduates from all disciplines at UCI. It not only provides instruction and practice in the craft of prose fiction and poetry, but also explores the rich literary tradition ...
Professional Writing Certificate
Professional Writing Certificate. The undergraduate Professional Writing (PW) certificate prepares you to write, edit, and design projects in your field and complements any major or career. Courses in the program incorporate elements of communications, marketing, journalism, and web development and offer students experiential learning ...
Creative Writing Courses and Certifications
Learn Creative Writing, earn certificates with paid and free online courses from University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins, UC Irvine, UC Berkeley and other top universities around the world. Read reviews to decide if a class is right for you.
Department of Creative Writing
The Department of Creative Writing at UCR offers the only Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing in the University of California system and the MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts.It is a growing and dynamic program made up entirely of established writers and poets. Courses at UCR are designed for all students in the language arts, and they emphasize developing each ...
Professional Creative Writing
Graduate Certificates in Professional Creative Writing require a sample of your creative writing, preferably in the genre of the certificate to which you are applying. The sample may comprise 2-3 double-spaced pages of prose (fiction or creative nonfiction), 30-40 single- or double-spaced lines of poetry, or 1-2 single-spaced pages of dramatic ...
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Program Overview. Named one of the "Five Innovative/Unique Programs" creative writing programs by The Atlantic, the master of fine arts in creative writing is one of two programs offered by UNLV's Creative Writing International Program with genre concentrations in fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry.By providing an innovative curriculum and fostering an educational environment where ...
Graduate Certificate
The certificate can make working professionals more competitive in today's job market by building upon their knowledge and introducing them to a wide variety of career opportunities. The professional writing programs at UC are designed for flexibility. All graduate certificate has a small set of required fundamental courses.
Creative Writing Undergraduate Courses
Occasionally Offered. Be on the lookout for these special courses. ENGL 2027 Introduction to Creative Writing: Drama. Writing of drama; examination and discussion in class of students' work; assigned readings for history, theory of drama, and critical analysis. ENGL 3015 Poetry and Sound.

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